Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He wears his brass crest up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Medrash enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver ewer (60 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is red and very short. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Roland was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Shepherd. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is wearing a long, yellow cloak. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Theriatis was born with his mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with his Baker mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has moderate length black crest. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered axe and tarnished flail as well. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are yellow.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. To his fellows he 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When River reached his early adolescence his Tabaxi mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Locksmith like her father before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Dabbledob liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.