Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tim grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 70 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His red hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Shag hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is portly but not overly obese. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mayor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Rûkdûg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. White opal (1100 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (40 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (100 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Tanner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Tanner and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born into a rich family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur, while still mostly cinnamon, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Server mother left her crippled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Layabout for the past few years.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she's in love

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Hematite (10 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. She carries a battered lance and tarnished sword as well. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp. Onyx (50 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. She has a hunchback. Her white hair is cut short. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Nedda never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.