Description: This light-skinned female dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Ella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Ella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Adelaide was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken from her home at a very young age. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Scribe, his father struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. With bright brown hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She tends to her Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 3000 sp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp).