Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'8". She dresses like a well dressed Knight does, and her gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Gorga is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She takes great joy in being the best Knight in town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Knight for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. Her hair is short and dark red. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Coral (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Zircon (40 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.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Bryseis lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. After a long history of fighting, Bryseis and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Ulla has worked very hard to control her curse. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). 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. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Carrie was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Carrie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Priest responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Coral (130 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Golden pearl (130 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.

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a green and white robe with the hood down. He is portly but not overly obese. He has moderate length purple hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Forcas was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Forcas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp).