Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Tordek lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mayor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her white hair down. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Performer business.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Matilda was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Performer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. A true patriot, Bûth would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and flails. She wears a colorful flower in her gold crest. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Junk Dealer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Sage, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1300 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has moderate length cinnamon fur. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Gale was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1600 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her flail with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shaena grew up listening to her father's many stories. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She wears a simple violet robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She is baby faced.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Elizabeth lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He keeps his yellow fur in a pixie cut. His eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Cloak alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.