Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Norman enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red fur is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Cloud was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Through the years after Cloud was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Cloud's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Cloud and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: The child of a Fletcher, who enjoyed hunting, Erevan was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Stableman and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This northern woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports brown long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Naivara was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sage. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 140 gp. Jet (130 gp).