Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Balifra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Tûmûg's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his rapier with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, white cloak, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Kansif was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She became a Sailor soon after.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Koeth lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mason they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Laborer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Laborer and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 140 gp. Sard (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Beatrice was born with her mother's beautiful face. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 sp. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 sp.