Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. 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 hair is cut close to his head. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10 pp. Golden pearl (100 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her black hair is still thick. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Katherine grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Human Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He carries a battered scythe and tarnished morningstar as well. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and doesn't want to be a scribe and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She wears grey trousers with yellow and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is well kept. This violet eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Ella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. Ella took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor she uses now. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to elven people

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Vicky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the north. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears blue trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She wears her red hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Oppah isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oppah grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oppah. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Small steel mirror.