Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a simple tan robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Siffress was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She worked as a nervous Scribe and found it very stressful. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. He tends to wear a large pastel jacket. He has a hunchback. He has yellow fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Kite has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his club. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Leaf lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mason and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fletcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 160 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp).

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arara grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Arara. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her quarterstaff, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her green crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Jaxi is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses divination through singing.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Amber (140 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing, marred by chocolates. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is baby faced.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Orsik took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scythe and armor he uses now. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp.