Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is cut short. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Actor. Shane enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Shane hails from a village terrorized by giants. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. He has worked as a Actor like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'1" when asserting himself. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Jasper (30 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Uzza enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 350 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a yellow tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Chaedi hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Chaedi was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Chaedi's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'10". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a sickle, but if one is not available he will default to his mace. His red crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Pijjirik abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2700 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his nunchaku with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown 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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Fivin and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away; and a deep hatred of goblins

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.