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: He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He receives visions of the future at random moments

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 homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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: Wants a kiss; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Jade (80 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has a crush on the local carter

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His brown hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nirgel will drive conversation. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Nirgel and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sailor. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is content; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She is baby faced.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Willow was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a pastel coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her lavender fur is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Sard (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).