Description: This southern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blue hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Melech 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: Melech lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He tends to his Detective job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp). Coral (70 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He's also a talented Baker, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 12000 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple violet line shooting up and back down, and is pretty ugly. With wild white hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Dyer like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1000 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. The war was a terrible time for her, and Yevelda does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 seems to be bored by most things; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Coral (40 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Jet (40 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is typically in her Sculptor uniform. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Ovak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Maagog was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1000 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Rose (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Coral (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Jade (140 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.