Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Slave Trader work with an outfit from a few towns over. Slave Trader work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Slave Trader responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. 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: Claira hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. His hair is cut close to his head. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Duergath 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 Duergath. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 gp. Amber (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has chestnut hair. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.