Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears professional attire. Her golden hair is cut short. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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: Shautha hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older woman who wears light armors faded through time and improper care, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 120 pp. Moss agate (12 gp). Hematite (12 gp). 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This eastern man is typically in his Butcher uniform. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His silver hair is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Diggory hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Scribe but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to get laid.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. His black eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Miner again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Amber (80 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.