Description: He stands about 5'11" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Mantus hails from a village terrorized by goblins. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 gp. Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Sard (70 gp). Jade (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky red painted plate armor. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thorpe was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is black and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jet (150 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and yellow pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He found a children's book about a Dragonborn Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ghaliver will drive conversation. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 10000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a red shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Bertram isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Emerald (500 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jet (140 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).