Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears tattered old clothes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mercenary. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Halimath was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 east. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He wears a simple violet robe with black stripes complete with hood. He has a hunchback. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2200 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'11". He typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. 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: Theriatis was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Theriatis has worked very hard to control his curse. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Malachite (9 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Sard (50 gp). Amber (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. A true patriot, Tharivol would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. After coming to the age of reason, Tharivol took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).