Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries a battered trident and tarnished kukri as well. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Thomas was born with his mother's beautiful face. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. With wild auburn hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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, Elysande is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Mason job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is blonde and very short. He has green eyes and a blue hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Robert embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Robert was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Robert and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 10000 cp.