Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Rurik was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". He wears tan trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. He has brown hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

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. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Knight like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Red spinel (120 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His black hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she dresses like a well dressed Healer does. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Healer. She struck the Healer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Cook again.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear green tank tops with pastel pants. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished warhammer as well. His black crest, when down, is lengthy. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed green hat.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ranala grew up listening to her mother's many stories. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This southern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

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

Possessions: 150 gp. Amethyst (70 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Bimpnottin hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a sai on his belt. His hair is brown and curly. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in the west to a Tailor, Gomory learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 sp. Blue quartz (13 gp).