Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 340 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She stands about 6'2" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has brown eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Armorer. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He stands about 6'5" and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. He has red eyes.

Personality: Valorean hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: Standing 2'10", this woman prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Bella abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She got into the Tailor business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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: To be a Doctor again; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a very tight haircut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Murook is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Murook alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. He has a blonde handlebar mustache and slicked back blonde hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2000 cp.