Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the south to a Cook, Paymon learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp. Jet (90 gp).

Description: A 4'3" western man, he dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Gilthur hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tieflings.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Ella was born the youngest of three triplets. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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 was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered black hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Junk Dealer for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. This gold eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

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. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 sp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her hair is red and very short. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.