Description: This eastern woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vadania grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His hair is purple and very short. He has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A freak accident while working with his Bellfounder father left him crippled. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. Her blonde hair is cut short. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She struck the Blacksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She wears a blue tunic with grey highlights, and long red pants that bunch up around her shoes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 180 gp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This malnourished man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Riardon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she likes to wear brown tank tops with yellow skirt. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears blue trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. 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 was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has slicked back red hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She got into the Hunter business at a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Brewer again; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.