Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. Her blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Hrathy was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her beige fur is braided into rings. Her copper eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, PTSD, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Superior lock.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and bastard swords. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'9" when asserting himself. His hair is red and curly. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Olgoth abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a greataxe on her belt. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a green vest and prefers red and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

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. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Kadana has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Roge was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has shaved her head bald. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Beloril fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.