Description: This malnourished man very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a Bowyer, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Server. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She has a hunchback. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Server and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her silver hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Addict, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he usually wears his tan robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder, and is pretty ugly. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has moderate length auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Rûg lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her morningstar with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She takes great joy in being the best Banker in town.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shautha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She struck the Banker job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a pastel coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He has styled his black fur well, parting it to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Right-Handed grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 250 gp.