Description: A moderately attractive woman, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Amber (110 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Five lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Five took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a violet vest and prefers white and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Carpenter mother left her crippled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 9000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 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 (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her blonde hair down. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rose (30 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man tends to wear a large black jacket. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 18000 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sard (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her cinnamon fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.