Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat, and his gloved hand is found clutching a bow. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a Herbalist first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Herbalist business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Herbalist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Herbalist work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His bronze crest is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this eastern man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His brown hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. 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: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears her black hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has dyed his greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer mother left him crippled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and expand his business

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely brown suit with pastel socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is still thick. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She got into the Performer business at a young age. Her childhood dream was to be a Barkeep, but she was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jarana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1700 sp. Jasper (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his auburn hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Shepherd father left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: Standing 5'10", this man 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. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Hûra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Slave, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.