Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Oblar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gorgûm was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she tends to wear a large tan jacket. With wild brown hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Tailor. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Oppah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Tailor and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her crest is blue, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a yellow collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and is pretty ugly. His hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Rolen was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Rolen's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: This woman wears a green tunic with yellow highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears her bronze crest up. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her top green hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Farideh was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. He has wavy scarlet crest. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Torinn took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shield and armor he uses now. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Dyer responsibilities is difficult; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Ernest was born the youngest of three triplets. Ernest was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Farmer. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 sp.