Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a fancy black suit. His white hair is still thick. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Arnold lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp).

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this eastern man wears skinny pants and wears a black and violet robe with the hood down. He wears his bronze crest up. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Arjhan was born the youngest of three triplets. Arjhan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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 find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black crest is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Kerkad hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Barber

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

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear white tank tops with blue pants and is in decent physical shape. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. 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: Mord was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.