Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Ekk was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortbow. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She tends to her Ploughman job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to be a shipwright again

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He wears a colorful flower in his copper crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her lavender fur is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Right-Handed was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Right-Handed alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Holy water.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and black handkerchief worn on her left side. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the south to a Dilettante, Valida learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Valida has worked very hard to control her curse. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Herleva reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and doesn't want to be a junk dealer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 11000 cp. Black pearl (700 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has shaved his head bald. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears long strands of sapphire and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Disease, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 30 gp. Amber (120 gp).