Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His black fur is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Marshal but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears just a grey suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and flails. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Hunter who has hired him part-time. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat, she is not a threatening figure. Her head has been shaved. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

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. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Ghash was taken on many hunting expeditions. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Ghash's homeland. Ghash decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bendoo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Bowyer does. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and carries quarterstaffs. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Gormogord was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His childhood dream was to be a Sage, but he was a colossal failure. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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

History: She was born into a rich family. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 320 gp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.