Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 16th 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. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful, Mundane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Mortician. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mortician for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Antitoxin.