Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a simple black robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Kody was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Kody's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears bulky blue painted plate armor, and carries tridents. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a Marshal first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ernest grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Marshal.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp.

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: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Joan is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Joan was born with her father's beautiful face. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.