Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown and catlike.

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

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Lavinia was born on a far northern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Miller. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. Red spinel (140 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vlorn 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 Vlorn. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. White pearl (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his hammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Aramil was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He was taken from his home at a very young age. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears green trousers with brown and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He 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, Nadarr grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 110 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amber (110 gp). Hematite (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts, marred by beers. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30000 cp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 1 Holy water. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a black costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. His blue hair is greasy and uncared for. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He bought a shortbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 60 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her auburn hair is well kept. 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 barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a shield and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Insomniac, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 sp.