Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Purban speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Purban was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Being a Hunter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

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 bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy red hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her small grey hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in the north. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Herbalist. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length brass crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 pp. Sard (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Coral (110 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 pp. Jet (160 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Jade (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Suhnae was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Suhnae decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She is physically well-built. Her hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She worked as a nervous Server and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Server.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and very much looks the part of a Barber. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp.