Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her childhood dream was to be a Stableman, but she was a colossal failure. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and red pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Raam's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his axe. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2900 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: The child of a Shoemaker, who enjoyed hunting, Qualen was taken on many hunting expeditions. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp. 2 Holy water.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her ears are large.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Locksmith and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing and is in decent physical shape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Half-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. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Engraver for the past few years.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 gp. Malachite (15 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He usually wears his white robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His head has been shaved. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. A true patriot, Chay would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Chay was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Banker, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Ploughman, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Military, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.