Description: This northern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: The child of a Brewer, who enjoyed hunting, Aelar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Thamior was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Courier. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver ewer (100 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is long and unkept. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born in the west. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 7000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. He has brown hair. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.