Description: She is a mite stocky and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Gunnloda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 160 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp).

Description: He very much looks the part of a Ruler. He carries a battered shield and tarnished pickaxe as well. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Banded agate (13 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he 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. His red crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Medrash has worked very hard to control his curse. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1400 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears just a red suit. She has wavy red hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Tawna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).