Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Akmen hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Shipwright. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Wymar liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 30 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an entirely green suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is knotted and matted. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Gifted from a young age, Pikar studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Pikar took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'11" southern woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears her white hair up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Criella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tattered old clothes. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

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. Zog enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Zog was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He 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. He became a Butcher soon after.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: The child of a Priest, who enjoyed hunting, Grai was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Cook.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp. Zircon (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp).