Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She very much looks the part of a Ploughman. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the west to a Ploughman, Shava learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Zircon (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy, Disease. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 100 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Ruler business.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has auburn hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Rohesia hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Rohesia was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Junk Dealer. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, marred by teas. His hair is golden and very short. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. 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. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'6" and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with blue slacks. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Sporting a white mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 loving parents in a slum to the east. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 sp.