Description: This western woman wears a green vest and prefers blue and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her purple hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 20 gp. Azurite (6 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is lengthy. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Miller. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 5'6", this woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She sports white long hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has a hunchback. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Mara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Mortician, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Actor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He has no crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Rhogar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an entirely tan suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born in the west. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying west to reunite his family. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, marred by chocolates. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Mella was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. At a young age her mother died while driving off some dire rats. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in greataxe use. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Through the years after Astar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Astar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Astar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.