Description: He wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly whips and sickles. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. He has no hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Akta is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Akta lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 290 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. 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: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Balam's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to protect his home

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His crest is copper and curly. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp. Rose (30 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. He is an epitome of beauty. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Tarak has worked very hard to control his curse. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Zircon (40 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears long strands of aquamarine and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her brown hair is still thick. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Lorilla will drive conversation. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Lorilla was born with her mother's beautiful face. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 310 gp.