Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his blonde hair in a pixie cut. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal (1500 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Azurite (10 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'9" and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her tied-back hair is white. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Jo was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and many giants want her driven away

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and is pretty ugly. Her rusty crest is long and unkept. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Armorer

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

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in the west to a Miller, Ahlyssa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ahlyssa never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Religious, Job, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 12000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'3" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his feathered brown hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His first spouse was a Sage, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Herbalist for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 6000 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Rose (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he very much looks the part of a Ploughman. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bucklal studied abroad. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has worked as a Ploughman like his father before him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jade (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Jet (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Rose (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.