Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is white and very short. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears baggy green pantaloons and a brown scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length red hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her black eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Apothecary. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 160 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His silver hair is long and unkept. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Aldous was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His first spouse was a Cook, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp. Jet (80 gp).