Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black tunic with tan highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her white crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 240 pp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with yellow slacks. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Erdan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Gold music box (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is typically in his Cartwright uniform, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. 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 intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has worked as a Cartwright like his mother before him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Gesrethe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A freak accident while working with her Tailor mother left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 sp.