Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Makaria learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

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 wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has red hair. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 180 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Jade (70 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This late middle aged man wears blue trousers with green and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. 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: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. He has a hunchback. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has wavy silver hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'1" western woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has styled her dark red hair well, parting it to the right. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered brigands who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Purah was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Agnes enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Agnes 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 Agnes. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Coral (130 gp).