Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His head has been shaved. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His red hair is singed and shortened. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He struck the Soapmaker job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 110 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Vepar was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Vepar has worked very hard to control her curse. After a long history of fighting, Vepar and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. 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: Armara 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. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Armara began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp. Solid gold idol (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She tends to wear a large black jacket, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Shax will drive conversation. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. With bright white hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 18000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 150 gp.