Description: This man wears a simple brown robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Baern embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Baern is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To be a Farmer again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A 5'1" western man, he dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His fur is brown and curly. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2800 sp. Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: He wears a brown collared shirt and pastel pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished greataxe as well. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Dworic was taken on many hunting expeditions. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sage work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sage work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Jillian alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady white eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Cartwright business.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

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

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. When Wiggens reached his early adolescence his Gnome mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and balancing his hectic life and new jeweler responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Military, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Oriel was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Blacksmith, but she got bored and became a Bowyer. She has taken up work as a Bowyer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and tiefling compassion

Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Being a Shoemaker kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 cp.