Description: This man is very fat, and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. 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: He feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is well kept. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 sp. Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has dyed his greying rusty crest a little too much giving a sharp rusty color. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Navigator mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jezean grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 gp.