Description: This northern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Ralf was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Dyer. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries warhammers. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yvonne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His gray fur is singed and shortened. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She struck the Animal Trainer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to protect her home

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This western woman wears a green cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She's also a talented Spy, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 sp.