Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears dull green sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed whip, just in case. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Baradad 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. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. After a long history of fighting, Baradad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a red scarf. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His white eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mayor. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. Through the years after Astar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Astar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears professional attire. Her hair is brown and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Glassblower first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She tends to her Glassblower job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp. Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a blue shirt, with a brown mid length shorts with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has a very tight haircut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 3'6" and wears a blue costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Frouse 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. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: This man wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His cinnamon fur is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His childhood dream was to be a Shipwright, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Apothecary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

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

Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Khrosh was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 cp.