Description: This light-skinned female dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with white slacks. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her silver hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carter. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Mayor, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (800 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a blue coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her brown hair down. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 900 pp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Helgret was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 pp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Fletcher business.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Emerald (500 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scythe on her belt. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Abalaba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.