Description: This late middle aged woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society and is in decent physical shape. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the north. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 50 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear black tank tops with grey pants. His crest is short and copper. 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 hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Arjhan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently the stress of being a Performer has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her brown hair down. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 Masseuse. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and human compassion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'9" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Galinndan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Galinndan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears long strands of emerald and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and is pretty ugly. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Sutha was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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.

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, green cloak. His silver crest is knotted and matted. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Shepherd business at a young age. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently the stress of being a Shepherd has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 10 pp. Sard (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has moderate length golden hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Cumpen 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Fisher. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Fisher; and she's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 pp. Amber (160 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Faran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his auburn hair down. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his top tan hat.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Suhnae was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Suhnae decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp).