Description: This late middle aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and blue tie and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Kristryd lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Pyntle liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Hadarai was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ar-Baruk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He is wearing a long, green cloak. He has moderate length silver crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He struck the Banker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Merihim was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ratbag isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: White pearl (50 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has auburn hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the north to a Server, Irann learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Server and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.