Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a hunchback. He has moderate length red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with green slacks and is in decent physical shape. With wild red hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The war was a terrible time for her, and Mary does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Mary abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 17000 cp. Amber (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available she will default to her sai, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has a very tight haircut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Engraver born in the past three hundred years. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: Valanthe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

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. His first spouse was a Mayor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 80 gp.