Description: He is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Orthog lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. After a long history of fighting, Orthog and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Coral (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kabbarg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 pp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: He wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished scimitar as well. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Ogthrak hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Emerald (800 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brass crest. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Adventurer born in the past three hundred years. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Adventurer, Pyxrin learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp).

Description: He likes to wear tan tank tops with blue pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Thamior hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. At a young age his mother died while driving off some brigands. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in bow use. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 700 pp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When Balimaar reached his early adolescence his Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Azurite (8 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jade (100 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Sard (20 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.