Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses like a well dressed Crown-heir does. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Crown-heir. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. He wears a colorful flower in his gold crest. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miner who has hired him part-time. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Roofer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and revenge

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished longsword as well. He has wavy scarlet crest. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 69. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Body Guard. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born in the south. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 320 gp. Obsidian (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of pickaxes on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Skûn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Skûn. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: 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; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2 Holy water.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She very much looks the part of a Shoemaker. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket, and he perpetually has his axe ready. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an entirely white suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Zûmug would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.