Description: 4'11" and muscular, this western man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Uthemar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Uthemar lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Sporting a auburn mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Stylist; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Nutae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Nutae alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in the east to a Marshal, Enialis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Marshal and found it very stressful. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Masseuse again.

Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 sp. White pearl (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a grey scarf. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver ewer (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp).