Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He sports a flattop hair cut. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up work as a Mortician and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Hugh was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sard (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: Theren was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Coral (80 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jet (80 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born in a small plains village. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 120 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her yellow fur down. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Barrister arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Coral (120 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her left hand. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.