Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Peter is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. His first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Soapmaker, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Clerebold is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Crown-heir, who enjoyed hunting, Bertram was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3200 sp.