Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He likes to wear tan tank tops with black pants. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Frouse hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born in a small island village. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Sailor. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is short and golden. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. He is an epitome of beauty. His tied-back hair is red. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During his travels, Nuraval and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nuraval discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nuraval fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His crest is short and bronze. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. 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: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. 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 giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nykkan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a rapier on her belt. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bather business.

History: She got into the Bather business at a young age. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Chaedi fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His chestnut hair is still thick. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad blue hat.

Personality: Caeldrim wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To be a Healer again.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his beige fur down. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Aura was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 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 (40 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair is still thick. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Farmer, but he got bored and became a Masseuse. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Masseuse, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.