Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is chestnut and curly. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is a great chef.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 90 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears just a white suit. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The war was a terrible time for him, and Karash does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 130 gp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: This eastern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and doesn't want to be a crown-heir and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, In love, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scimitars and pickaxes. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He takes great joy in being the best Servant in town.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Aelar 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. Aelar decided he wanted neither the life of his father 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, pastel shirt, and brown tie. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Religious, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Bune was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 280 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in an above average manner. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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, Ozyman is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Ozyman lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, grey shirt, and tan tie. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 30 gp.