Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: Ilanis was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This tall, slender man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. A gifted student he started as a Banker, but he got bored and became a Performer. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this eastern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the east. His first spouse was a Unemployed, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a simple yellow robe with white stripes complete with hood. She has auburn hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

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. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Caelynn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. She has wavy black hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a blue wide-brimmed hat and blue clothes. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: An older man who prefers to wear red clothing when he does not wear armor, he is not a threatening figure. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is an amazing painter.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Bulzo has worked very hard to control his curse. Being a Beggar kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 240 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Breastplate.