Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Mara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Mara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Mara was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Carter. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and balancing her hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Dain lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 160 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has moderate length silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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 Interpreter. She's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Zedaar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Crown-heir hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her orange fur is smooth and relatively long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Shifting was born with her father's beautiful face. Shifting was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Merchant. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Fisher they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. Her red hair is thinning but still full. 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 cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. 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. Lia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.