Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears baggy white pantaloons and a tan scarf. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her scarlet crest is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Merchant. Her hair is short and blue. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and is pretty ugly. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Murook grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Murook. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Zaffrab was born with his father's beautiful face. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.