Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vorka was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 9000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

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. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She very much looks the part of a Cartwright. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in an above average manner. He has dyed his greying red crest a little too much giving a sharp red color. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Gargax began to lead the lost caravan. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Spyglass.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 sp.