Description: This man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His skin is flawless and his white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Astar has worked very hard to control his curse. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, brown cloak. She has wavy red hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Eldeth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her golden hair is cut short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Avice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Hematite (15 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

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. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 2200 gp. White pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Blue-white diamond (6000 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Coral (100 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Bookbinder. He wears his red hair down. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He tends to his Bookbinder job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body and is in decent physical shape. Her long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Nala alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her white hair is still thick. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Verin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Verin reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She has moderate length red hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Banded agate (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is renowned for his bright red suits and hats. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Gildmak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.