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 topaz on his left hand. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: This woman wears a violet wide-brimmed hat and violet clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She has no hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sarah grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp).

Description: This man wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has no hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dull pastel sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed kukri, just in case. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Shifting was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is content; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and quarterstaffs. Her head has been shaved. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Murgen 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 Murgen. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.