Description: He likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants, and he perpetually has his whip ready. His hair is chestnut and curly. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp. Iolite (30 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She works hard and plays hard.

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. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'7" eastern man, he wears a white tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ratanák was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His childhood dream was to be a Miller, but he was a colossal failure. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear brown tank tops with tan skirt. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has taken up work as a Animal Trainer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are black and beady.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 310 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Apothecary hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a white coat with red slacks. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a simple green robe with red stripes complete with hood, and he perpetually has his sword ready. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 210 gp.