Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries greatswords. His silver hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her spear with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Knight

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

Possessions: 22000 cp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and black pants. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, and he perpetually has his longsword ready. He wears a colorful flower in his silver crest. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Cartwright business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Cartwright. He's also a talented Ploughman, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the south. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 sp. Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Traulam 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. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Bathin lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Guardian, Religious, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Sarai will drive conversation. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Sarai was born the youngest of three triplets. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 cp. Coral (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.