Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her whip with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born into a rich family. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is lengthy. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Carlin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Carlin was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She became a Priest soon after.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: A 5'2" western man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a dull look in his gold eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Xappan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Frug was born with his father's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Addict, Sensitive, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Andraste was raised in a hard working conservative environment. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a junk dealer again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he likes to wear yellow tank tops with black pants. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 cp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her crest is red and curly. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

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

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 110 gp.