Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His long rusty crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the west to a Sailor, Gargax learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. 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 south. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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 Bather. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair is lengthy. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Koeth speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born into a rich family. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He has worked as a Cook like his father before him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently the stress of being a Mercenary has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 sp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). 2 Holy water.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Heian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Shepherd, but he got bored and became a Mason. He has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his left side. He has auburn hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He worked as a nervous Weaver and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Weaver like his father before him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.