Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Zepar isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has wavy silver hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Vola hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 kind of golem.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 8000 sp. White pearl (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Surina was born with her father's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp).

Description: This woman tends to wear a large pastel jacket. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She keeps her long orange fur kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his sickle with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1400 sp. Malachite (4 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: He wears a brown vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Aldous wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Fighter, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.