Description: An older man who is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Norman lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: Vicky was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 5'8" and wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a very tight haircut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Wymar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gifted from a young age, Wymar studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of halberds on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. 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, Melissa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. 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's also a talented Layabout, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp.