Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Eloise is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has worked as a Unemployed like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has wavy chestnut hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Beloril took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs and is in decent physical shape. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. 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: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her tied-back hair is red. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a dilettante again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her silver hair is still thick. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her parents enrolled her in a Wizard school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2700 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Mercenary like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished warhammer as well. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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 greedy; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.