Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a grey shirt with thin white vertical stripes and tan pants. His hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and money/treasure

Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies, Religious, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 11000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Jade (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 4'2", this man wears tattered old clothes. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Jade (70 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear flannel. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Kansif has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 15000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a violet feathered hat and violet clothes. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Laucian hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His first spouse was a Banker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1700 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (60 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cecily was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'4" northern woman, she wears a black small hat and black clothes. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gadreel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jade (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.