Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Forcas was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Forcas fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 50 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his shortspear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 14000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She has dyed her greying gold crest a little too much giving a sharp gold color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Vezera was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Vezera abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Vezera never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Red spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: This man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His hair is red and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jade (100 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'6" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His brown fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a white coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and greatswords. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1800 gp. Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: An older man who dresses like a well dressed Bookbinder does, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is knotted and matted. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 220 gp.