Description: This dark-skinned female wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her mace with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Susannah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents were killed by orcs in a raid when she was still a young child. The orcs captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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 comes from a rich northern family. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sage. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and expand his business

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Isabella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Being a Beggar kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.