Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her rusty crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Tordek abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his left hand. His white fur is braided into rings. His eyes are copper and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Jeweler mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 390 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This western man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is cinnamon and very short. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Rose (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp).