Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears brown trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Jacoba is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Jacoba reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Family, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. His dark red hair is long and unkept. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he very much looks the part of a Body Guard. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Body Guard who has hired him part-time. He uses divination through singing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 pp. Citrine (70 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His red hair is braided into rings. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His first spouse was a Soapmaker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he's in love

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Pink pearl (70 gp).

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Travok fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

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 has slicked back blonde hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for her, and Puyet does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Puyet fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Body Guard business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Dean and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length bronze crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Rhogar will drive conversation. He takes great joy in being the best Engraver in town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Rhogar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has white crest. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in the west. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).