Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has a very tight haircut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Balifra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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: She wants revenge against brigands; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Thamior hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Thamior has worked very hard to control his curse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She dresses like a well dressed Cook does. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Cook arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Savaran was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Cook. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: An older man who is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is brown and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Passionate, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 20 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.