Description: This malnourished man wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a falchion, but if one is not available he will default to his flail. He keeps his long red fur kept up in a rat tail. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Quick was born the youngest of three triplets. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown vest and prefers yellow and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her fur, while still mostly yellow, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Fragrant was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She's also a talented Mayor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. The war was a terrible time for her, and Dariff 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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 370 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has amber eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears just a green suit. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valorean grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear black tank tops with brown skirt. Her gold crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older man who wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), he is not a threatening figure. His crest is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. After coming to the age of reason, Fax took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has achieved small success as a Gardener.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and white. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Anselm took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 360 gp. Black opal (600 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 pp.