Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is golden and curly. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is an amazing painter.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Nazû abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Hematite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1400 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 11000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jet (100 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered quarterstaff and tarnished bow as well. She has a very tight haircut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp).

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a black costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Ekk was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. When Ekk reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Dyer. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 7000 gp. Amethyst (70 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Amber (70 gp). Jet (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She has golden hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Miner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 pp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).