Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Navigator mother left him crippled. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Jarana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. 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: Sabotage a competitor; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, 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 believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp.