Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he 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 done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Korfel was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1500 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats and is in decent physical shape. She wears her silver hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Caelynn is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Depressed, Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 24000 cp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has done her best to style her brass crest to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Hethress took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up crossbow and armor she uses now. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 40 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: A 3'11" eastern woman, she is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She saw the violence of war and the aftermath so she converted to religion and dedicated herself to non-violence.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He bought a scythe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She likes to wear violet tank tops with brown skirt. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Herbalist born in the past three hundred years. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 80 gp.