Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His brown fur is still thick. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to be a baker again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Jacinth (6000 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: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available he will default to his kukri. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Bertram was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mason. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's in love; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears just a brown suit. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Emmeline never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Military, In love. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears just a violet suit, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Jillian lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp.