Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His brown fur is knotted and matted. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Trail will drive conversation. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Nordak has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Nordak and his spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and tan handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the east to a Bellfounder, Pelaios learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He bought a hammer and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Rich, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Red spinel (140 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears dull red sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Jillian 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 moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp. Jet (40 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Baelitae was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Baelitae decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He very much looks the part of a Shepherd. He wears his chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Peren was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned male is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is lengthy. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Brottor was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Brottor's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. The war was a terrible time for him, and Elaim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Elaim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Elaim never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Azza will drive conversation. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1700 sp.