Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She wears her golden hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a Beggar first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a hunchback. She wears her golden hair down. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 sp. Hematite (7 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (20 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he 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 blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Cory lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.