Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his copper eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She is an epitome of beauty. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Myria's homeland. Myria decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

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 has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no crest. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Ildrex was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ildrex was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sailor. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sailor for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She usually wears her grey robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Born in the north to a Scribe, Williamina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Barber, but she was a colossal failure. She has worked as a Scribe like her father before her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, marred by sweets. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Through the years after Thorpe was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Thorpe's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Thorpe and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Pallabar was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 4000 cp. Eye agate (13 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a yellow vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his yellow boots flare out at the collars. His hair is short and blonde. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: 3'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a hunchback. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 sp. Carnelian (60 gp).