Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing his hectic life and new tanner responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has chestnut hair. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Guy took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up scimitar and armor he uses now. 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 is wracked by social anxiety; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 130 gp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her cinnamon fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

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 takes great joy in being the best Locksmith in town.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a blue coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ellyjoybell does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Ellyjoybell was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She married young, but lost her spouse to giants. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large tan jacket. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 sp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is physically well-built. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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 born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has achieved small success as a Mortician.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears dark leathers with embroidery. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in the east to a Bookbinder, Nirgel learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 sp.