Description: A moderately attractive woman, 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 wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Saphara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Saphara was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 500 pp. Jet (140 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a long white beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Theodoric reached his early adolescence his Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sard (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 pp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Coral (130 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Jet (130 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Gardener but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears his white fur up. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a Mortician, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Left-Handed was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Left-Handed's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jet (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses like a well dressed Miller does. He sports a flattop hair cut. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 then took over the family business and is one of the better Miller for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Miller responsibilities is difficult; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 9000 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Brakka lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Brakka fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Family, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jet (110 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Sard (20 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).