Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'5". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. Her purple hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a simple green robe with black stripes complete with hood. Her red hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

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 lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 pp. White pearl (60 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of scimitars, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is short and brown. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Coral (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fancy green suit. His hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Ahrim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Ahrim was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Amber (90 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 9000 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Uzza was born with her father's beautiful face. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). White opal (500 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.