Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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 into a rich family. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She stands about 5'6" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Markosian hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Markosian has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His crest is white and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Gimurt was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gimurt's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Gimurt and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and revenge

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a pastel costume with the symbols of her god on her torso, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her beige fur is heavily combed to the right. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Gale wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Blacksmith business.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Blacksmith and found it very stressful. She struck the Blacksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A 6'7" southern woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. Her copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jheri was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 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: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: Antrara is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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 born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is still thick. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.