Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His head has been shaved. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His red hair is thinning but still full. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Immeral lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Immeral was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Immeral decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2400 gp. Star ruby (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has moderate length brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the west to a Stylist, Hogar learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has worked as a Stylist like his father before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 16000 sp. Black pearl (900 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).