Description: This man is tall and muscular. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: Theobald hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She usually wears her white robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. She wears her silver hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. 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: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Dalaba 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 used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gray eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. The war was a terrible time for him, and Cockaby does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports brown long hair. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Detective. She bought a falchion and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'3". She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Carter, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Shepherd and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Shepherd like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is content; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. With bright blonde hair. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her dark red hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 230 gp.