Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a fancy brown suit. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gilbert grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: 5'6" and muscular, this western man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Stableman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stableman work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He struck the Stableman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears long strands of sapphire and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has hazel eyes and a red hat with a green feather.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her tied-back hair is red. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Georgina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. 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 was born in the east. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Gifted from a young age, Andry studied abroad. 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 has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

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 comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears dull red sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortbow, just in case. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. 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 Merchant. He has achieved small success as a Merchant.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a colorful flower in his dark red hair. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Cimer was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cimer was born on a far eastern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Marshal. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.