Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1900 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Hoshgrish is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He 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 his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is chestnut and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. He has a hunchback. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Jade (160 gp).