Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has rusty crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Quarethon was born with his mother's beautiful face. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: She wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her 15th 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 2'11" and typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He 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. 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. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1100 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'0" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. He wears his silver hair up. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Detective they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Dilettante, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her silver crest is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 34. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.