Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: He wears bulky black painted plate armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and scythes. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Ûkbûk hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Ûkbûk never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is auburn and curly. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).