Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a simple white robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Gruk was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished longbow as well. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Enidda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bricklayer for hire.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ilanis studied abroad. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered orcs who tried to eat her hand. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 west. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Family, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: 6'2" and muscular, this northern man wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His fur is cut close to his head. He has copper eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 4'10", this woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She works hard and plays hard.

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. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a yellow coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'5" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of a Priest, who enjoyed hunting, Melissa was taken on many hunting expeditions. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.