Description: This dark-skinned male tends to wear a large tan jacket. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed tan hat.

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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Unemployed. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and expand his business

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 150 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Server. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Markosian hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She tends to her Server job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1200 sp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Coral (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dark red hair. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Spice Merchant mother left him crippled. During his travels, Tethren and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tethren discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tethren fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in a small desert village. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His first spouse was a Laborer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 170 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).