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 hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hork isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a white collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Grai was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A 2'10" western woman, she wears a red armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has green eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Dell was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Scribe for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Server again.

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 15000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white fur is singed and shortened. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. 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: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). White pearl (40 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Amber (40 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Jade (40 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Jasper (80 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She usually wears her black robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. She wears her white hair down. This black eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 gp. Rock crystal (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Rose (80 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.