Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is still thick. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When Ortegar reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

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

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thorin embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. After a long history of fighting, Thorin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and a strong sense of loyalty to dwarven people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light violet in addition to tight pants. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spy for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1600 gp. Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and brown robe with the hood down. She is an epitome of beauty. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a tan vest and prefers black and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Glassblower.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his brown fur in a flapper bob. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His arcane abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and balancing his hectic life and new tailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Banker.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Banker responsibilities is difficult; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She got into the Fortune-teller business at a young age. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fortune-teller. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.