Description: An older woman who wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, she is not a threatening figure. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Jeweler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Sporting a brown mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She bought a greataxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She is portly but not overly obese. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is mildly Halfling supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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 to loving parents in a slum to the south. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a strong sense of loyalty to gnomish people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. His orange fur is unkempt and raggedy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is blue and curly. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. 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: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are black.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Pelaios was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Beggar. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.