Description: 6'1" and muscular, this western man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. His scarlet crest is heavily combed to the left. He has red eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cartwright and was forced into it by his family; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Frug embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born to a Ruler, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears long strands of aquamarine and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting giants, the young Radomir began to lead the lost caravan. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Beggar for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has wavy chestnut hair. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the north to a Dyer, Nalaed learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 250 gp.