Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur is short and black. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barkeep. He's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His black hair is lengthy. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Oppleby alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2600 sp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'0" and wears a yellow top hat and yellow clothes. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Târz grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Târz. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 110 gp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His gold crest is knotted and matted. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Mugrunden was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He has no crest. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is auburn and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Frouse alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.