Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Nelkin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her silver crest, when down, is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Synthrin has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a colorful flower in his bronze crest. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is a Body Guard first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He got into the Body Guard business at a young age. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new body guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Prosperine hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 gp.