Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: This western man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his white hair in a pixie cut. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Zook lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 230 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Cartwright. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

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 also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.