Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports white long hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Adventurer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown shirt, with a green mid length shorts with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Adam hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dull black sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Anne enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Anne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 30000 cp. Red spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp).