Description: This man 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 penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Ugol is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. His hair is cut close to his head. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. A true patriot, Shag would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Shag lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mantus will drive conversation. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (40 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born in the south to a Guard, Markosian learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.