Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available he will default to his whip. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Barrister mother left him crippled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 360 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1900 gp. Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mercenary and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Fivin was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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.

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Scribe born in the past three hundred years. Rael enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 290 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.