Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. With wild golden hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Helja hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Helja was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Hadarai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Navigator work with an outfit from a few towns over. Navigator work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has a very tight haircut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. After a long history of fighting, Fulbar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Painter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 pp. Amber (160 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Iolite (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has no hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1900 pp. Black pearl (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a large violet jacket. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Anne learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Anne was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Painter. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).