Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has moderate length blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Fonkin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Fonkin was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 700 sp. Iolite (40 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He stands about 2'10" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

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. He is afraid of men and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Hupe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fancy brown suit. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. Coral (90 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: A 6'0" northern woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp.