Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brass crest, when down, is lengthy. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Nykkan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10 pp. Moss agate (14 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. With bright red hair. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Tagga is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Tagga was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his black fur up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 3'3", this woman wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She has wavy silver hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Jade (80 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She has a hunchback. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Tanner. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Mara was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He struck the Barber job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with violet slacks. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Assassin for hire.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 sp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.