Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is still thick. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Sculptor. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He tends to his Sculptor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sculptor responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He dresses like a well dressed Merchant does. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born in the east. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: A 3'2" western man, he wears just a tan suit. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears a mask on his face.

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 has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the west to a Banker, Wrenn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Good lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his sickle always slung over his shoulder, and carries sickles. He has wavy auburn hair. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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. Baern fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 360 gp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: He wears dull white sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His red hair is long and unkept. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born in the west. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.