Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. 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 whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is dark red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Paymon was born with his father's beautiful face. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Herbalist profession.

History: Orryn was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her scarlet crest is long and unkept. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Virra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Virra was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Virra's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are blue.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cloud does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).