Description: This man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He is baby faced.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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, Kelter is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 11000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: She got into the Brewer business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Brewer. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (160 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is white. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 pp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Jet (150 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rose (30 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her red crest is still thick. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Aasathra has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp. Peridot (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length black hair. Her half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She got into the Body Guard business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 9000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Malachite (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Mastema enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Mastema was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 pp. Amber (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His tied-back hair is brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with his Painter mother left him crippled. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.