Description: He has a missing left leg. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is long and white with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Varis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Nuraval was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Sumnes's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Miner responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 60 gp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has moderate length scarlet crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He bought a greatsword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a miller again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp.