Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he usually wears his black robe and has his longbow always slung over his shoulder. He has styled his black crest well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly scythes and swords. He has dyed his greying brass crest a little too much giving a sharp brass color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Cartwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 130 pp. Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Galiena was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 270 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has a crush on the local crown-heir

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (70 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears dull black sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Orianna is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect her home

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is red and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.