Description: This western man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying black crest a little too much giving a sharp black color. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: Direcris was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Direcris 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. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and tiefling compassion

Flaws: Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand her business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

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. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student she started as a Tanner, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a green vest and prefers yellow and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 pp. Obsidian (15 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a blue collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aramil grew up listening to his father's many stories. Aramil 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. After a long history of fighting, Aramil and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1400 sp.