Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Theodoric hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears a green cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He uses divination through singing.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She keeps her long red crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears just a brown suit. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is portly but not overly obese. She has moderate length black hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Paela hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A gifted student she started as a Seamstress, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 60 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Shipwright in town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. His red hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Feldûsh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his copper crest in a pixie cut. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a Apothecary first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. He became a Apothecary soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp.