Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fancy black suit. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Barakas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Barakas was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Barakas was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fancy yellow suit and is in decent physical shape. His white hair is knotted and matted. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 310 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His silver hair is braided into rings. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a fancy pastel dress. Her black fur is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Bricklayer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 40 pp.