Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a fancy grey suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Nuraval is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A 5'5" southern woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and to protect her home

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and dwarven compassion

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Baker. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Shifting hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Shifting alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and revenge

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has wavy rusty crest. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He tends to his Scribe job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a tanner again

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1800 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Jet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tordrid was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tordrid grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tordrid. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his crossbow. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vassago was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 gp.