Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a fancy white suit. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Az-Adar 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 Az-Adar. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: She wears a green tunic with tan highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and kukris. Her red hair is still thick. Her white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

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. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his left side, and carries glaives. He has moderate length golden hair. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

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. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, PTSD. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 260 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Zagga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Healer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a large grey jacket, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Kristryd is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Black opal (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'3" when asserting himself. His hair is red and very short. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Herbalist. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Vondal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He's also a talented Ruler, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Amber (90 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.