Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a red coat. His hair is silver and curly. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Burto enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Burto was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Ownka was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Detective.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt and is in decent physical shape. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student he started as a Mason, but he got bored and became a Dilettante. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. 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: He got into the Fletcher business at a young age. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a black suit and is in decent physical shape. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Guard and was forced into it by his family; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with grey slacks. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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 was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Fearful, Insane. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He has gray eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Avice was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Engraver. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she's in love

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2500 sp. Jet (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp).