Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Farideh will drive conversation. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a performer again

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 8000 cp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Veit is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses in violet turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with pastel slacks. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Ermina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her first spouse was a Animal Trainer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She's also a talented Animal Trainer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished greatsword as well. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She worked as a nervous Bricklayer and found it very stressful. Recently the stress of being a Bricklayer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bounty Hunter. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new bounty hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. His green crest is lengthy. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Herbalist father left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dell was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Dell never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.