Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries pickaxes. He has a very tight haircut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Watson's homeland. Watson decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miller. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on his left side. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. 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 has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Hematite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'11" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.