Description: A man of a pale complexion, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: Expand his business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Bather. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 600 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is wavy and long. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Kilia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears black trousers with red and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She became a Cook soon after.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.