Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Soapmaker profession.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Birel was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 170 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the north. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Mella's homeland. Mella decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She has wavy black hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Harann enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Hedonist. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 9000 cp. Star ruby (400 gp). Coral (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).