Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his black hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. Rael is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: Rael lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Navigator hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants, marred by beers. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Pyntle will drive conversation. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is greedy; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 160 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears skinny pants and wears a violet and red robe with the hood down. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

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 is obsessed with his god.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This northern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop fur cut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. Sun enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Sun was born on a far northern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Fisher. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Peridot (80 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nutae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her sword always slung over her shoulder. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'3" and wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. 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: Bethrynna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and an old rival family wants her found

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp.