Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Lance took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up trident and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family, Debt. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Tomph hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Slave, Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears a fancy white dress. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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 content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This malnourished man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Hugh was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Hugh grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Hugh. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Faran studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Faran took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his club. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Delg was born with his mother's beautiful face. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Barakas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has worked as a Ploughman like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on her left side, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Elama abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses like a well dressed Fortune-teller does. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Disguise kit.