Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is white and very short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1300 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Coral (90 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has rusty crest. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Nala hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Oppah's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. One day when Oppah was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Oppah was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pyra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 cp. Hematite (10 gp).