Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tan tunic with white highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His white hair is singed and shortened. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

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 cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Smoky quartz (50 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He has white hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Odo lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and doesn't want to be a detective and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 5'3" western man, he wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alex does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Alex was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 gp.