Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: He was born in a small plains village. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His hair is long and black with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Taklinn fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. Zircon (60 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Vanuath was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Laborer. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 140 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His black hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are violet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.