Description: He is lean but muscular and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shane lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Farmer and was forced into it by his family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears an entirely pastel suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries with him a set of swords, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Cloud was born the youngest of three triplets. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting dire rats, the young Caramip began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 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: She is a mite stocky and wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She has moderate length scarlet crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Spy; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Job, Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1300 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'8" and wears tattered old clothes. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy silver hair. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ishte does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered gnolls who tried to eat her hand. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 6000 sp. Onyx (80 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Iolite (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.