Description: She stands about 4'1" and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: Aldous speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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. Aldous fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Keth 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. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 180 pp.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. 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: Born in the west to a Bowyer, Manea learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 16000 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tattered old clothes. Her black crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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

History: Doudra hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her parents were killed by giants in a raid when she was still a young child. The giants captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

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 she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a long blonde beard with little hanging trinkets. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is red and very short. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Grai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Baker. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Red spinel (70 gp).

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He is physically well-built. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Olgoth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp.