Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Body Guard and found it very stressful. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

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 Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a grey tunic with violet highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Miles grew up listening to his father's many stories. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying east to reunite his family. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer 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. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has wavy black hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born in the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp).

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. His hair is short and blonde. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears professional attire. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has silver hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Hubert was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Hubert never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her red crest is lengthy. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Fortune-teller work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fortune-teller work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a grey tunic with pastel highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Justin was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp.