Description: This light-skinned female is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is long and red with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Quillathe was born the youngest of three triplets. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His silver hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, 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 long red hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thomas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 50000 cp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: Born to a Slave Trader, her father struggled to pay the bills. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Knight. She has worked as a Knight like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bather. He has worked as a Bather like his father before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and wants to open a new tavern

Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Jet (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her fur is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Shifting would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A 3'4" southern woman, she wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a Barber, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Roywyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).