Description: 4'0" and muscular, this western woman wears a simple grey robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Mardred enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Mardred was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a trident on his belt. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 14000 sp. Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Sard (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Black opal (700 gp).

Description: Standing 3'8", this man wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. He has wavy black hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Kilvar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Kilvar was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Dilettante. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).