Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cloud does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: An older man who usually wears his black robe and has his lance always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. He has black hair. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Chem abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Nemeia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Holy water. 8 Acid flasks. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hatae isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Hatae was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Hatae took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 30 gp.