Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Gesrethe and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

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. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Carrie was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 280 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She wears her golden hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Volen liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 250 gp.