Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. To his fellows he 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Miles liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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 on a small isolated farm. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He tends to his Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Sard (50 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy blue suit. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. The war was a terrible time for him, and Nicholas does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Jane was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amber (70 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.