Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. 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 black hair to look like a famous performer. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Amber (160 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her green 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. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Chaedi was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave 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. Chaedi took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor she uses now. She has achieved small success as a Laborer.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She is physically well-built. Her red crest is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Engraver. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He usually wears his grey robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Fletcher first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 230 gp. Jet (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy silver hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Damaia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Engraver. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 900 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).