Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is auburn and very short. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Tomi speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 sp. Red spinel (140 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His hair is dark red and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Qualen's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Qualen was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Interpreter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is blonde and very short. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Rose (70 gp). 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This eastern man wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Srorthen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Human compassion.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has styled her silver crest well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'2" when asserting herself. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Tawar liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. Hematite (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears black trousers with blue and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his white eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Assassin who has hired him part-time. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 40 pp.