Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Helgret is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

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 great chef.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Thodris grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 24000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Traubon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. Vassago is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Vassago lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Baker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 12000 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). White opal (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Amber (80 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is renowned for his bright blue suits and hats. He wears his black hair down. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Eberdeb studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 pp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Red garnet (160 gp).