Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and swords. His silver crest is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She has no hair. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull red iron scale mail. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He carries with him a set of glaives on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Zed hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Herbalist business.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a simple yellow robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Dara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: In love, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 100 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A true patriot, Ubada would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ubada was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Nature, In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 140 pp. Red spinel (90 gp). Coral (90 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.