Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He usually wears his brown robe and has his shield always slung over his shoulder. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born in the west. A gifted student he started as a Fortune-teller, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Pacifist, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by her family; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gifted from a young age, Zykroff studied abroad. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 cp. Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has slicked back brown hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Junk Dealer. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 13000 cp. Obsidian (12 gp). Amber (80 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This western woman typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates Gnomes with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and revenge

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.