Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'9" and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". 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 his gloved hand is found clutching a club. His golden hair is still thick. He has amber eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Emotional, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly flails and shortspears. His copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has red eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: Greethen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Greethen was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Greethen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Greethen was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a seamstress again

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and carries longbows. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her hair is short and black. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is still thick. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Junk Dealer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man likes to wear blue tank tops with tan pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He has wavy chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. A true patriot, Igden would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 pp.