Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Folgûm isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Orc unity. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has dyed her greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born in the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 330 gp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and grey handkerchief worn on his right side. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Roofer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy scarlet crest. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a hunchback. She has scarlet crest. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gesrethe hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Theirastra was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She's also a talented Knight, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to be a knight again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears just a red suit. With wild brown hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She married young, but lost her spouse to orcs. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Racist, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a bastard sword, but if one is not available she will default to her nunchaku. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her left hand. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her ears are large.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol.