Description: He is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is short and white. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Keth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a white scarf. Her copper crest is knotted and matted. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich western family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Arava took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up monstrous two handed axe and armor she uses now. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. He carries with him a set of daggers on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She worked as a nervous Gardener and found it very stressful. She tends to her Gardener job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Tourmaline (100 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is an epitome of beauty. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the east to a Armorer, Birel learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a blue collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and is pretty ugly. His red hair is thinning but still full. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

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. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has no hair. His eyes are likewise brown. 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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Heward was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the west. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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 has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.