Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He struck the Carter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carter and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has silver hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Joan has worked very hard to control her curse. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Joan never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 pp. Eye agate (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 sp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished monstrous two handed axe as well. Her hair is brown and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Alice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.