Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Banker. His hair is red and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: This western man wears suspenders and black workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Blacksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Charles studied abroad. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 pp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'7". She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Helen was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Sage. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the west to a Cook, Norman learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).