Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A freak accident while working with her Crown-heir father left her crippled. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp).

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a grey scarf. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nagrette isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nagrette grew up listening to her father's many stories. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 gp. Hematite (15 gp). Jade (50 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Amber (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep black.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Ekemon was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Ekemon's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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. Ekemon fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 12000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 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 (10 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Military, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Coral (110 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Blue-white diamond (4000 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and black tie. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy gray fur. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Ethereal liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 12000 gp. Emerald (900 gp). Sard (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Jet (60 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Jasper (20 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black vest and prefers red and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jet (100 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). White pearl (100 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.