Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. 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 black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her gray fur is long and unkept. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is golden and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, green shirt, and brown tie. With wild auburn hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is content; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1600 sp. Silver pearl (50 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and he perpetually has his halberd ready. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and doesn't want to be a dyer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Moss agate (16 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, black cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle 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. Anakis took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Sorath lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.