Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a Interpreter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Valida was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a jeweler again

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She usually wears her grey robe and has her nunchaku always slung over her shoulder. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Adventurer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has white fur. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born in a small desert village. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her glaive with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

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 enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Az-Rans was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Az-Rans decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Tailor 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: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in an above average manner. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a very tight haircut. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Bundrigo was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Beggar. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He has red hair. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Habor was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Emotional, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has wavy yellow fur. This copper eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (130 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Disguise kit.