Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Pikar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. Her white hair is lengthy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Masseuse they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sellsword, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He is portly but not overly obese. His tied-back hair is golden. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His black hair is still thick. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: Whurbin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Whurbin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Stableman and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and expand his business

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Performer business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is portly but not overly obese. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Shaena was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new fisher responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She wears her chestnut hair down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Naivara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ishte never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 cp.