Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and swords. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. 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: Arnold 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 has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears professional attire. He has done his best to style his purple hair to look like a famous performer. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Ekemon took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shortbow and armor he uses now. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. After a long history of fighting, Numba and her spouse have recently divorced.

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 to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, yellow shirt, and white tie. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'4". She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 pp. Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Qualen was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dilettante. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Ploughman; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His white eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.