Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a great chef.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Coral (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his black robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. His black hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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, Cora is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Cora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Actor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Butcher, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His head has been shaved. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Obsidian (10 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: This western woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Dee was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Weaver. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and retire the richest woman in the west

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'0". He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and his gloved hand is found clutching a longsword. He has shaved his head bald. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Tomi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His cinnamon fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Jet (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears black trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His gold crest is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hirrathak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 pp.