Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Matilda was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a flail on his belt. His crest is short and black. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 160 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his quarterstaff with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant green.

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 has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Hoglik hails from a village terrorized by orcs. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spy

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

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

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her gold crest up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1400 gp. Amber (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear flannel. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his silver hair down. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shautha embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Full Plate.

Description: A 5'1" western woman, she wears a yellow vest and prefers blue and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears tattered old clothes. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a great chef.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kristryd 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.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.