Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is an amazing painter.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Brottor lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Junk Dealer. He tends to his Junk Dealer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (16 gp). Coral (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: This northern woman wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born in the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her fur is orange and very short. She has gleaming, smiling copper eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Ruler. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ruler for the past few years.

Motivation: 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; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (13 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 7 Acid flasks.

Description: She tends to wear a large brown jacket, and carries whips. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of a Body Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Elysande was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses like a well dressed Ploughman does. Her hair is golden and very short. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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: Gnomish compassion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is black and curly. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is short and red. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Through the years after Joser was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Joser's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He bought a quarterstaff and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 70 pp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Amber (130 gp).