Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gale will drive conversation. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a green vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her copper crest is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small island village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a blue scarf. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. 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: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a white shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His auburn hair is still thick. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker white hat.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Tailor father left him crippled. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and carries glaives. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Optimist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears bulky violet painted plate armor. His red hair is lengthy. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 260 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has moderate length auburn hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Priest. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Priest. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Priest for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 sp.