Description: She stands about 5'4" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has done his best to style his silver crest to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. 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: Shamash was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Shamash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1100 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Sard (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. He carries with him a set of bows on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He has shaved his head bald. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 270 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting goblins, the young Maiathah began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Conrad never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is greedy

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp.