Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1300 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has no crest. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He is a Maurezhi in disguise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She carries with her a set of monstrous two handed axes on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp).

Description: He wears skinny pants and wears a red and white robe with the hood down. He carries with him a set of lances on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His black hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He worked as a nervous Layabout and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Layabout.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Jade (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Sard (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp).

Description: This southern man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his silver crest in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rathkran studied abroad. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 6000 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). White opal (600 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Zircon (40 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a lance on her belt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Hunter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 9000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.