Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greatsword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: An older man who wears tattered old clothes, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Maagog was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, white shirt, and pastel tie. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Pelaios hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with blue slacks. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Assassin. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears tan trousers with red and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. 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, Alston is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. When Alston reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 140 gp. Golden pearl (110 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a white vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bucklal embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bucklal studied abroad. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. After a long history of fighting, Bucklal and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. After coming to the age of reason, Phann took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: 4'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.