Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Tûgog is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Being a Herbalist kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: 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; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man wears a red coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. He has red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Nordak was born on a far eastern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length red hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Shamil was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Shamil and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.