Description: This northern man wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Orsik grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. After a long history of fighting, Orsik and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His first spouse was a Jeweler, 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 brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Locksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her bronze crest is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Silver ewer (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a worn and beaten armor. He has moderate length auburn hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A freak accident while working with his Fortune-teller mother left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Jacinth (6000 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a very tight haircut. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. Carnelian (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Zircon (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.