Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, 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 blue and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Tiefling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. 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: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a violet costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Mara studied abroad. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mara fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has done his best to style his brass crest to look like a famous performer. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bookbinder, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Arumawann lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His first spouse was a Seamstress, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortbows and halberds. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses like a well dressed Dyer does. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his white boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy red hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 350 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a large grey jacket, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is blonde and very short. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is physically well-built. Her hair is short and red. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a Fisher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. A gifted student she started as a Scribe, but she got bored and became a Fisher. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fisher for hire.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp.