Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Shanairla was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Rimple hails from a village terrorized by goblins. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Rimple alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 pp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on his right side. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 sp. Hematite (8 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his mace ready. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Randal was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He was taken from his home at a very young age. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.