Description: He wears a red shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Manfred is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Beggar. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: To be a Merchant again; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length blonde hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 sp. Star ruby (1000 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a long, green cloak. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Guy hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A gifted student he started as a Soapmaker, but he got bored and became a Cook. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (140 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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-sister.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and money/treasure

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He usually wears his red robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Chad was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Chad abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 gp.