Description: He stands about 5'8" and wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Hork is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His first spouse was a Sellsword, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sellsword they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Herbalist, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When Nissa reached her early adolescence her Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This eastern man wears a worn and beaten armor. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is red and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Eberk was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 4'9" and wears a green collared shirt and brown skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker green hat.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She plays an instrument quite well.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 pp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, she is not a threatening figure. She has styled her rusty crest well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mason. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Silaqui was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Silaqui decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, In love, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Alain's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears long strands of opal and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. 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: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Glim took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10000 cp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He married young, but lost his spouse to orcs. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.