Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tan shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and grey pants. She has no hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: White opal (1300 gp). 4 Smokesticks. 4 Smokesticks. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Violet garnet (500 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a tan coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Barrister like her father before her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp.