Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His white hair is cut short. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a Junk Dealer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Patrick lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a shepherd and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. White pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western woman usually wears her green robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Antitoxin. 3 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gilbert 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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.