Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Bookbinder work with an outfit from a few towns over. Bookbinder work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has achieved small success as a Bookbinder.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her red fur is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Emerald lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Emerald 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 Emerald. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and doesn't want to be a fortune-teller and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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

Description: Standing 4'1", this woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was born in the east. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. He has dyed his greying red fur a little too much giving a sharp red color. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is red and curly. His white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 87. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Valafar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Valafar has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a glaive, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She got into the Navigator business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She tends to her Navigator job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Navigator responsibilities is difficult; and to be a dyer again

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.