Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small red hat.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She sports auburn long hair. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Herbalist, her father struggled to pay the bills. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 9000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student she started as a Tanner, but she got bored and became a Doctor. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Amber (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sailor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1100 pp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is portly but not overly obese. Her gray fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf, and she perpetually has her axe ready. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Finellen is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 5000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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, Nordak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 6000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.