Description: This western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west to a Banker, Bernard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: An older woman who sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, she is not a threatening figure. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Priest work with an outfit from a few towns over. Priest work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp. Hematite (13 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. After a long history of fighting, Ielenia and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brass crest is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Burana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She struck the Adventurer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a cartwright again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue sapphire (1200 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Senteq was born with his mother's beautiful face. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Miner, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.