Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. She sports brown long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the west to a Painter, Malquis learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her fur is yellow and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. With wild brown hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a long blonde beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Chay enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Chay was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chay was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. She keeps her gold crest in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. His hair is golden and curly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fortune-teller they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Crown-heir, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A 5'9" western woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

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

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She bought a scythe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.