Description: This late middle aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Astaro was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jet (50 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Coral (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Trey grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Trey. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Thokk's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears an entirely brown suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a Locksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Theodoric was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. Recently the stress of being a Locksmith has made it difficult for him to sleep.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear flannel. His hair is dark red and very short. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Mordai abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2200 gp. Black opal (500 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.