Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'9" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Through the years after Herleva was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Herleva's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Herleva and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 sp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She very much looks the part of a Beggar. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Beatrice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Armorer, who enjoyed hunting, Beatrice was taken on many hunting expeditions. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A freak accident while working with his Hunter father left him crippled. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Hunter; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Racist, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp.