Description: She has a missing right arm. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered brown hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Joan was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Veloptima is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Healer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he has a crush on the local healer

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jet (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Coral (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his chestnut hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Thorin will drive conversation. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp.