Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emeny studied abroad. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Valida was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Mayor; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1900 sp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy blonde hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Balimaar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Balimaar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a tan tunic with pastel highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather, and carries bastard swords. His white hair is lengthy. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Mayor and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Vepar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bounty Hunter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Bounty Hunter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bounty Hunter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Detective they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Bounty Hunter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bounty Hunter and was forced into it by his family; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Sculptor does. She carries a battered spear and tarnished rapier as well. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Sculptor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sculptor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gurdis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Oloric hails from a village terrorized by giants. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp.