Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, marred by beers. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey top hat and grey clothes, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Eloise hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Through the years after Eloise was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eloise's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She is content; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has no hair. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. She has styled her scarlet crest well, parting it to the left. She is very pretty but has cold, dead 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 however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Akra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A freak accident while working with her Brewer mother left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson red hat.

Personality: Eran speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Eran was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).