Description: This western woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has moderate length brown hair. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alain isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. The war was a terrible time for her, and Alain does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Alain was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Azurite (13 gp). Zircon (20 gp).

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His black hair is braided into rings. His half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 Knight. He has worked as a Knight like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Miner again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (110 gp).

Description: This woman wears just a brown suit. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Her golden hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Hematite (16 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She has wavy red hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sannl grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Iolite (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is short and blue. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Zepar was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears professional attire. His crest, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Baradad was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Baradad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He tends to wear a violet poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is short and auburn. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 180 gp. A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, green shirt, and brown tie, and carries tridents. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Robert is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his 15th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp.