Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ortegar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a brown vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no crest. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Violet garnet (700 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Fortune-teller who has hired him part-time. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he's in love

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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

Description: This man stands a little under 3'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Senteq studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 60 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.