Description: This eastern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His white eyes peer out from beneath his small green hat.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Greedy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 30000 cp. 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 wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pûg's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Pûg 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: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40000 cp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He takes great joy in being the best Dyer in town.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Raymond was taken on many hunting expeditions. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He bought a spear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his black hair up. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the east to a Healer, Taklinn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Healer. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black crest is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 190 pp. Banded agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Jet (80 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He carries with him a set of nunchakus, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Forgetful. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

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 parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.