Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bernard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. The war was a terrible time for him, and Bernard does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. After a long history of fighting, Bernard and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and carries hand crossbows. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1600 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sard (40 gp). White pearl (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he very much looks the part of a Cartwright. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Ghûra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Aquamarine (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Map Maker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Map Maker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. 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 wants to meet his childhood hero; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Jet (100 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born in a small desert village. Cimer liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.