Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 8000 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a trident on her belt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ekk never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 pp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Sard (70 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 200 pp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Perra was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Map Maker. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Soapmaker again.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a marshal and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Silver pearl (50 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 cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A true patriot, Flame would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (1500 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her crest is cut close to her head. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 6. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Brown diamond (7000 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp).