Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is dark red and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the east. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Performer like his father before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2600 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a red costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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, Robbie is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Robbie grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Robbie abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears an entirely green suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her green crest in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'5". She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Amber (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Jasper (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born into a rich family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Junk Dealer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Junk Dealer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished sickle as well. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Riswynn was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Scribe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sickle, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. He has no hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

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

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a green tunic with pastel highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jet (160 gp).