Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has wavy red hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age his mother died while driving off some dire rats. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in scimitar use. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Golden pearl (90 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Chalcedony (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his whip with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is golden. His ears are large.

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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Solomon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Solomon hails from a village terrorized by orcs. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

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. 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 Cook. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.