Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown fur is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of a Mortician, who enjoyed hunting, Shadow was taken on many hunting expeditions. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: He wears baggy pastel pantaloons and a tan scarf. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His brown fur is long and unkept. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Flask lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She sports white long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tordrid was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 pp. Zircon (30 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jet (60 gp).

Description: This western man wears baggy white pantaloons and a brown scarf. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ulblyn will drive conversation. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ulblyn was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cook. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 600 pp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (4000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 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: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has slicked back silver hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed yellow hat.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Blue star sapphire (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Lance 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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Lance fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.