Description: This late middle aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat and is in decent physical shape. Her blue hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Akta's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She bought a greataxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born in the south to a Farmer, Ella learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (7 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His brown hair is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Conrad grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Conrad. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a fancy blue suit. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Erdan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a violet vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his violet boots flare out at the collars. His red hair is still thick. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and expand his business

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. She's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Crown-heir like her mother before her.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Crowbar.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Laucian grew up listening to his father's many stories. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Revenge; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 gp.