Description: He is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a tan collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His crest is blue and very short. He has red eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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, Arjhan is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Spy, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tattered old clothes. His crest is short and brass. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Baradad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Baradad studied abroad. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise green.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Baern was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Carter. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her red crest is braided into rings. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jaxi studied abroad. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: She got into the Sculptor business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Crown-heir, but she got bored and became a Sculptor. She tends to her Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her silver hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.