Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks, and she perpetually has her halberd ready. Her golden hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Engong hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ishmoz embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She wears a simple blue robe with violet stripes complete with hood, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'4" when asserting herself. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Panana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Thorin took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up longsword and armor he uses now. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thorin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a black armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's in love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the east. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shoemaker and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 gp.