Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 3'4" when asserting himself. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stylist profession.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Merchant profession.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 cp. 2 Holy water.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He keeps his long orange fur kept up in a rat tail. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. 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 content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished lance as well. His hair is short and black. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Seamstress, his father struggled to pay the bills. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 26000 sp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has no fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family, Religious. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 170 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a fancy yellow dress. Her silver hair is cut short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Thiala was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 600 sp. 2 Holy water. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His red fur is lengthy. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Dagger enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dagger studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Stylist business.

History: Born in the east to a Stylist, Emerald learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a bricklayer again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver ewer (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp).