Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His hair is short and black. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears long strands of topaz and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has a hunchback. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mella is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 Interpreter. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports black long hair. Her eyes are brown.

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 terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 260 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Pallabar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cartwright for the past few years.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Wrenn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Wrenn studied abroad. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 cp. Deep green spinel (90 gp).