Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Shamash was taken on many hunting expeditions. Shamash liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Guardian, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and carries bows. She sports chestnut long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Shipwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Born in the south to a Shipwright, Sutha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Meena managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His green crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Barrister. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Mayor again; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 390 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). 1 Simple lock.