Description: He 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 physically well-built. His copper crest is smooth and relatively long. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to be a locksmith again

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. Her brass crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Aasathra was born with her father's beautiful face. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has taken up work as a Jeweler and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1400 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'0" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Ernest lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ernest was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ernest decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Shipwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a tan shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Andraste alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Tourmaline (70 gp).