Description: This late middle aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She 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 she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He has wavy dark red hair. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A freak accident while working with his Slave Trader mother left him crippled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a tan and brown robe with the hood down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

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 kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She bought a greatsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is auburn and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: Alex hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Alex alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Anbera lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Bounty Hunter. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bounty Hunter for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 10. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. 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 greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp.