Description: 6'5" and muscular, this northern man tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His yellow eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Art 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 born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His hair is golden and curly. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. To his fellows he 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: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Bricklayer mother left him crippled. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ulfgar was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. She has red eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. She has silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Dara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's in love

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Torgga hails from a village terrorized by drow. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born in the south. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His crest is brass and curly. His gold eyes dart from person to person.

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

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2300 sp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is typically in her Mayor uniform, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Elizabeth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has achieved small success as a Mayor.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.