Description: He is scrawny and has patchy bronze crest. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has a hunchback. His bronze crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Fax's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'9" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a Mercenary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Aust was born the youngest of three triplets. When Aust reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf 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 owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Debt. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her tied-back hair is brown. She has green eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are amber.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Kâka isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'5" and wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Vola isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. Vola enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vola was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Architect, but she got bored and became a Fisher. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fisher for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Architect again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears dull blue sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed scythe, just in case, and is pretty ugly. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top blue hat.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Lamlis was born the youngest of three triplets. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and doesn't want to be a masseuse and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His blue hair is lengthy. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born in a small island village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a painter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1600 sp.