Description: 6'1" and muscular, this western man wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Cartwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older man who has the majority of his body covered in plate, he is not a threatening figure. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student he started as a Bookbinder, but he got bored and became a Guard. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Farideh is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 15000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.