Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the east to a Architect, Ella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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. She has worked as a Architect like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 150 gp. Hematite (11 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Diesa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Junk Dealer and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 120 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is typically in his Tanner uniform. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Gomory studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has worked as a Tanner like his father before him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 70 gp. Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His tied-back hair is white. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Passionate, Opinionated. Bonds: Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a red costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. She has moderate length auburn hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Nikki alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has no hair. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: A 5'4" southern man, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Being a Mason 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 is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Jade (80 gp).

Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.