Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, marred by beers. His hair is short and auburn. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Mâku hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 43000 sp. Iolite (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'3" and wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Star ruby (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Interpreter. His scarlet crest is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He got into the Interpreter business at a young age. 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 Interpreter. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Emerald's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has taken up work as a Stableman and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 260 gp.