Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with brown slacks. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in the west to a Carter, Mindartis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tattered old clothes. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Uthemar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. 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 Unemployed. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 180 pp. Moonstone (80 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His tied-back hair is golden. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Carrie was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 pp.