Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His hair is white and curly. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1200 gp. Rose (80 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the east to a Guard, Pearl learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She struck the Guard job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 sp. Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a simple tan robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, she is not a threatening figure. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: She was born into a rich family. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Sard (40 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.