Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Tordek is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Tordek was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Black opal (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'4". She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Justice, Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has hazel eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, William grew up listening to his father's many stories. Through the years after William was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. William's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Coral (60 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Priest business.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. He carries with him a set of bows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Miner, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (20 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 3'2" southern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a black tunic with violet highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length purple hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the north to a Shoemaker, Rieta learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Barrister, but she got bored and became a Shoemaker. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.