Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dragonborns.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Racist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 pp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is physically well-built. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is content

Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 6'10", this man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Interpreter. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Immeral has worked very hard to control his curse. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2100 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sariel studied abroad. After coming to the age of reason, Sariel took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She tends to her Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has no hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

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. When Shaena reached her early adolescence her Halfling 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp).