Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a great chef.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Alex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Amber (130 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Naivara studied abroad. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson blue hat.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Beggar, who enjoyed hunting, Ulla was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Blacksmith. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Cartwright again; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears just a brown suit. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Mary is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mary was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Job, Family, Mentor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a white Stetson hat and white clothes. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Unemployed business at a young age. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 240 pp. Jet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her hair is short and golden. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Stylist. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver crest is unkempt and raggedy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 sp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of greataxes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her brown hair down. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.