Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: Orla is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 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: To get a good night's sleep; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Amber (90 gp). White opal (700 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

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. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Mardred was born with her father's beautiful face. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp. Jasper (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Rose (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears bulky red painted plate armor. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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 mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Thorpe was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sardonyx (20 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a blue coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his blonde hair down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Fabien has worked very hard to control his curse. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Enna was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Sage

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a Painter, her father struggled to pay the bills. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.