Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His ears are large.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He takes great joy in being the best Sailor in town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Ortegar's homeland. Ortegar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ortegar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a fortune-teller again

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 11000 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Jet (160 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Jet (160 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born in a small island village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a spear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 pp. Banded agate (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he wears a pastel shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and yellow pants. He has no fur. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly purple, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nija was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears long strands of aquamarine and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Mardred was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 11000 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). 1 Major magic item.