Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His blue hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Akmen never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her black hair is braided into rings. She is baby faced.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and ruby ring (6000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a white feather.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He bought a scimitar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her gray fur is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears just a tan suit. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).