Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, 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 red hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Butcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ahvain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Interpreter, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Passionate, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Prâk wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Barbarian, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Prâk abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: He wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He worked as a nervous Roofer and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Roofer like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 cp.