Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 350 gp. Golden pearl (50 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a violet vest and prefers pastel and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Lewis is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 700 sp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 6'9" western man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is cut close to his head. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Akmen will drive conversation. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Akmen was taken on many hunting expeditions. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 sp. Jade (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Manea was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Aelar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Junk Dealer. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Disease, Secretive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her blue hair in a pixie cut. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. After a long history of fighting, Akta and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'1" when asserting himself. His black hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

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. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. 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 mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dragonborn people; and she is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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. His addictions have taken their toll on his wallet, and he has found himself with a great deal of debt owed.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict, Greedy. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 330 gp.