Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His red hair is still thick. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 pp. Malachite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is cut short. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A true patriot, Gerbo would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Gerbo was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Gerbo never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born into a rich family. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Robbie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. His skin is dark but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His tied-back hair is black. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 210 gp.