Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has white eyes.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Damakos has worked very hard to control his curse. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Damakos was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears tattered old clothes. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Insane. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has moderate length gray fur. He has yellow eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Jade (40 gp). Peridot (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long brown fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Bookbinder mother left her crippled. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Half-Plate.