Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Helen grew up listening to her father's many stories. Helen 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Helen was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has amber eyes and a grey hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 13000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Jade (120 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Jade (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Amber (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (700 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

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

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1400 pp. Jade (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a sword on her belt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the west to a Interpreter, Murook learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her first spouse was a Crown-heir, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tan tunic with yellow highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has wavy golden hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and he perpetually has his falchion ready. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Jet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.