Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a monstrous two handed axe on her belt. Her golden hair is still thick. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. 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 several months after her father was called into army service. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and carries hand crossbows. His red crest is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Farmer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Oskar never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He wears a green armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shepherd hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and elven compassion

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver pearl (160 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ohr embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Orcs. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90 gp. Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is golden and very short. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she has a crush on the local fletcher

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His rusty crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has red eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. After a long history of fighting, Srorthen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull red iron scale mail. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 sp. Obsidian (16 gp).