Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Through the years after Thomas was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Thomas's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 90 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Carter arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of strength around his neck, and a whip on his belt. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. After a long history of fighting, Millicent and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a bow on her belt. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Saphara was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Saphara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.