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, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She tends to her Stylist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black opal (1400 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (150 gp). Alexandrite (500 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.

Description: This man tends to wear a large black jacket, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Cook profession.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp. Coral (70 gp).

Description: She wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is long and white with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Drusilia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this northern man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 210 pp.

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has done his best to style his golden hair to look like a famous performer. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. 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. Jebeddo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Naamah embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Naamah was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Naamah's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His black hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Conrad grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Farmer. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp).