Description: He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. 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 sai.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, and a wedding ring on his right hand. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Gerald wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His red hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Dean reached his early adolescence his Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is brown and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Human compassion; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 gp.