Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her tied-back hair is golden. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Tawna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stylist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He dresses like a well dressed Dyer does. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His ears are large.

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 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: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Dyer like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, In love. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She prefers to wear flannel. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eldeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Eldeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

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 she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Zircon (40 gp).

Description: An older man who sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. Citrine (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a black suit and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Avice was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Engraver. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she's in love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2500 sp. Jet (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).