Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she usually wears her yellow robe and has her spear always slung over her shoulder. With bright brown hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Elama lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 sp. Jet (60 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available she will default to her dagger. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born into a rich family. When Emen reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 pp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Jet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is brown and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has shaved his head bald. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mortician. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Locksmith, but he was a colossal failure. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.