Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Thomas is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Expand his business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elama grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Elama. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Lorilla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a red armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. He is baby faced.

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

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Krimmon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miller arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and pastel handkerchief worn on his right side. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has moderate length white hair. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Iados studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Junk Dealer. He has achieved small success as a Junk Dealer.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a tan shirt with thin green vertical stripes and white pants. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.