Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scimitar with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. 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 does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp).