Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver crest is greasy and uncared for. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his black robe and has his mace always slung over his shoulder. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the south to a Assassin, Varg learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 19th 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's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He got into the Bricklayer business at a young age. He 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. He's also a talented Bather, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (700 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and his gloved hand is found clutching a rapier. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. He has white eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. 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's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a green shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Gardener, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Amber (60 gp). White opal (900 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time, and she perpetually has her mace ready. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Birel lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.