Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, marred by chocolates. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Orsik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. Her skin is flawless and her silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black crest is still thick. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Azzakh is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 110 gp. Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears a red armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has a hunchback. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Ortegar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 40 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Amber (70 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chenna grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Chenna. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished longsword as well. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Merchant. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Herbalist arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older woman who is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, violet shirt, and grey tie, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is auburn and curly. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Barkeep first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Her first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 sp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He wears a black collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Tanner for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 500 sp.