Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His first spouse was a Ruler, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 80 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp).

Description: He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red crest is long and unkept. His gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A freak accident while working with his Weaver mother left him crippled. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Cask was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Painter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Rose (30 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 2'11" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 150 gp.