Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Tanner born in the past three hundred years. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has worked as a Tanner like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Tanner responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a blue tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to be a mortician again

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available he will default to his dagger. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished dagger as well. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Richard was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Richard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and balancing his hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.