Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His red hair is braided into rings. He has gold eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Through the years after Akmen was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Akmen's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Akmen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Shaena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 370 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This dark-skinned male is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 270 gp. Obsidian (16 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'7". He wears a fancy pastel suit. His red fur, when down, is lengthy. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Servant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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 several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Bonds: Military, Family, Debt. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a white broad hat and white clothes. His hair is auburn and curly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Norûk was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gifted student he started as a Performer, but he got bored and became a Shepherd. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is short and black. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Kody was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Astar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Mason, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).