Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a red tunic with tan highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: Vapula is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Alberich and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His brass crest is long and unkept. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A freak accident while working with his Butcher father left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.