Description: This light-skinned male is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blue crest is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Nadarr lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His tied-back hair is silver. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To be a Bellfounder again; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in a small desert village. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stylist. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: A 4'7" western woman, she tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her silver hair is still thick. She is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. Being a Mercenary kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a butcher again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jasper (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. A true patriot, Juliana would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Juliana was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Sard (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, yellow shirt, and black tie. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Family, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with green colored cloaks and clothing. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is an amazing painter.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.