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 sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Joser will drive conversation. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Gardener. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Gardener for hire.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Extrovert, Athletic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tan tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 8000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Coral (50 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He also hits on men, regardless of circumstances.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nordak studied abroad. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Sard (60 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of clubs on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She has amber eyes and a brown hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 14. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Tricking was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears bulky black painted plate armor. His hair is short and black. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Ur-Masi lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 10000 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He refers to his adoptive mother 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: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Barakas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Sailor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Actor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.