Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Halfling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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 a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Immeral never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Nature, Adventurer, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is very fat, and usually wears her black robe and has her lance always slung over her shoulder. She has brass crest. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Eggren was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Body Guard. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears professional attire. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Biri grew up listening to her father's many stories. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a great chef.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 5'3". He wears green trousers with blue and black striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He wears his silver hair down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gifted student he started as a Baker, but he got bored and became a Detective. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Debt. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her whip always slung over her shoulder. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She wears her silver hair up. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Jasmine speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A true patriot, Jasmine would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jasmine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp.