Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his brown hair up. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears his auburn hair up. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. 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 born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When Blorg reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc 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. Being a Guard kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a warhammer on her belt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Nedda is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Drenna isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Drenna hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Drenna was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his white robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Skog enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Skog lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Amethyst (90 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. She carries with her a set of glaives on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her silver crest. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears an entirely yellow suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. 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 Marshal. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 80 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Gruk was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.