Description: He wears a brown shirt, with a white mid length shorts with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This western man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. Sammal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sammal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He wears tattered old clothes, marred by beers. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He got into the Sailor business at a young age. In his 15th 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's also a talented Junk Dealer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small violet clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and sais. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He refers to his adoptive mother 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 to a Cartwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Cartwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She usually wears her violet robe and has her halberd always slung over her shoulder. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and glaives. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3100 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she typically wears violet cloth garments or leather armor. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born into a rich family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She is portly but not overly obese. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Through the years after Gunnloda was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Gunnloda's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has worked as a Slave Trader like her father before her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. Hematite (5 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). 1 Banded mail.