Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nordak grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: Expand his business; and to be a mortician again

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1900 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'9". She likes to wear red tank tops with blue skirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Alain is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears bulky tan painted plate armor. Her hair is silver and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears a simple red robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barkeep. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. The war was a terrible time for him, and Heian does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Assassin for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He carries a battered greatsword and tarnished quarterstaff as well. His hair is chestnut and curly. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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 Fortune-teller, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamior fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his chestnut hair down. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Blue diamond (2000 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Sard (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Quillathe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 22000 cp. Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering his clean studded leather and is in decent physical shape. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cook business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp.