Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Giselle was born the youngest of three triplets. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His copper crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ildrex and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a shortspear on her belt. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Havilar is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has chestnut hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Shane was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shane decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

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: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 gp. White pearl (40 gp).

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His auburn hair is still thick. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He takes great joy in being the best Miner in town.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this southern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. 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: He is greedy; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Solid gold idol (300 gp).

Description: He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and he perpetually has his lance ready. He has dyed his greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.