Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length green crest. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Hethress was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 pp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Amber (150 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Coral (150 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Amber (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears dull green sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. His gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Mehen hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Mehen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 14000 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around his shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown fur is knotted and matted. He has amber eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His childhood dream was to be a Knight, but he was a colossal failure. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Job, Nature, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Shipwright and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 8000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She tends to wear a large white jacket, marred by teas. With bright black hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Fistula enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Fistula hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'11" and is typically in her Priest uniform. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her amber 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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Priest like her mother before her.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.