Description: This late middle aged man 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 in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. Goroth liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Jeweler does. His white fur is long and unkept. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is an amazing painter.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Jeweler. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Jeweler for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She has no hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Salanop was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She struck the Herbalist job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 pp. Moonstone (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eida grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Eida alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He is typically in his Seamstress uniform. He has a hunchback. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Nicor was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Seamstress work with an outfit from a few towns over. Seamstress work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His black hair is braided into rings. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the south were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20000 cp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (500 gp).