Description: This late middle aged man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kothûg embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. Kothûg enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He takes great joy in being the best Baker in town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has worked as a Baker like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Baker responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Bagabug is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Stylist, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ploughman and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 700 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'5". He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bounty Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Coral (160 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her fur is beige and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are yellow.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 11000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (170 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Revenge; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Amber (110 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Amber (110 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Phann reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 pp. Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).