Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished nunchaku as well. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2600 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the east to a Body Guard, Astaro learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has worked as a Body Guard like her father before her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and balancing her hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120000 cp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His childhood dream was to be a Servant, but he was a colossal failure. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'11". She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Oriff hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Oriff is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. One day when Oriff was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Oriff was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She's in love; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Family, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue cloak. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Apothecary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Nim was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To be a Animal Trainer again; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries with her a set of flails, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and auburn. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Gorga was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Barbena was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull grey iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).