Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

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 is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Baelitae was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Sporting a golden mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His ears are large.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fabien fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears baggy tan pantaloons and a white scarf, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is cut short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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 to end his boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and tan tie. He is physically well-built. His red fur is heavily combed to the right. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: Cask speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Map Maker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 260 pp. 1 Minor magic item.