Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She has moderate length brown hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jacoba is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Jacoba was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. Moss agate (4 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge and is in decent physical shape. She wears her chestnut hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: An older woman who has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe, she is not a threatening figure. Her orange fur is still thick. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has wavy chestnut hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. After a long history of fighting, Balifra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his red hair up. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Travok has worked very hard to control his curse. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His fur is red and very short. His face is scarred and worn.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She stands about 6'8" and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her blue crest in a flapper bob. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Tanner. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

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. 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 Tanner. She became a Tanner soon after.

Motivation: To be a Ruler again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Apothecary. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Elizabeth has worked very hard to control her curse. She tends to her Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tattered old clothes. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Through the years after Altho was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Altho's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.