Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is physically well-built. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He uses divination through singing.

History: Ralf lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. 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 keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy purple stubble. He wears a black shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a hunchback. His purple hair is matted, messy, and big. His black eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Raam alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 170 pp. Black opal (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large white jacket. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 pp.