Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Shamil lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Shamil liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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. Shamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Coral (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Huru abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. His red hair is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Duergath was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of orcs

Bonds: Rich, Job, Religious, Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 6'8". He very much looks the part of a Assassin. His scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Assassin like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (900 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Efferil's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: 4'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His tied-back hair is blonde. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Rurik was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Rurik took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 pp. Azurite (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Zircon (40 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Rose (40 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Onyx (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.