Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has shaved her head bald. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is portly but not overly obese. His white hair is lengthy. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

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. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2200 gp. Jade (90 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Rose (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Laborer who has hired him part-time. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he has a crush on the local map maker

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Jeweler, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Jeweler and was forced into it by his family; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears dull white sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2200 sp. Jasper (70 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. She has a very tight haircut. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Falkrunn liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Falkrunn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.