Description: 6'8" and muscular, this northern man wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His crest is gold and curly. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Zedaar will drive conversation. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Zedaar has worked very hard to control his curse. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Zedaar was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Body Guard; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'0". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her blonde hair is still thick. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Zircon (70 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished whip as well. His bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Greethen will drive conversation. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Greethen was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Greethen decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 800 sp. Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears just a grey suit. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is physically well-built. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, blue shirt, and green tie. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has copper eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the south to a Banker, Pelt learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brown hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his brass crest up. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Vrondiss was born the youngest of three triplets. He worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp.