Description: She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Mastema was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Carlin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He dresses like a well dressed Mason does. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Jasper (50 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Vlorn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

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 father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Jarana managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A 4'3" southern man, he wears long strands of ruby and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 3 Holy water.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'11" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her tied-back hair is white. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Ekk was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull green iron scale mail. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Red spinel (110 gp).