Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nella isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length auburn hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is a great chef.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is content; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: An older man who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, he is not a threatening figure. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he usually wears his tan robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His red hair is thinning but still full. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Galinndan embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He 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. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Standing 4'1", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her red crest is singed and shortened. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His lavender fur is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1700 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Ombul lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 40 pp.