Description: A 6'3" eastern man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Balimaar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 3'11" western man, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Rangrim was born the youngest of three triplets. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a green vest and prefers brown and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He got into the Ploughman business at a young age. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cook, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His crest is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Baradad 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. Baradad decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 has worked as a Cook like his mother before him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His blonde hair is thinning but still full. He has amber eyes.

Personality: Ribbles is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Azgrom embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A freak accident while working with his Tanner father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This woman typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in the south to a Banker, Mara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Blacksmith, but she was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Mara and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.