Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. She has slicked back black hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Nelkin was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nelkin was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull red iron scale mail, and carries quarterstaffs. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has brown eyes and a blue hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Kipper never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This western woman prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in a small island village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He wears a colorful flower in his red fur. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Trail was born the youngest of three triplets. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her red crest, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hillanot is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a grey tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Juliana learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Painter, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has no crest. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Blacksmith. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He wears his silver hair up. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1800 sp. Amber (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Zircon (40 gp).