Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Helja reached her early adolescence her Dwarf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on her right side. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hatae embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Gifted from a young age, Hatae studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Hatae took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.