Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 41000 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and wears a green shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and grey pants. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length black hair. This white eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a violet and white robe with the hood down. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he usually wears his grey robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Gardener born in the past three hundred years. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Morgran grew up listening to his father's many stories. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Soapmaker who has hired her part-time. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears tattered old clothes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Emerald was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Ruler. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.