Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in a small desert village. A gifted student she started as a Barkeep, but she got bored and became a Navigator. She's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a barkeep again

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she likes to wear black tank tops with green skirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Bilga was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Bilga was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To protect her home; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Barendd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He's also a talented Barrister, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Helen was born the youngest of three triplets. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'4". He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her tied-back hair is silver. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and balancing her hectic life and new architect responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: This man wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Direcris abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 20 pp.