Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and violet tie. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Ernest was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. 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 open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She sports black long hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She tends to her Crown-heir job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 10 pp. Zircon (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miller business.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Gerard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

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

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.