Description: This malnourished man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is still thick. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bookbinder they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Cartwright, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

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. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Pink pearl (80 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear pastel tank tops with green pants. He keeps his long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. He became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and balancing his hectic life and new bather responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Job, Debt. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He prefers to wear flannel. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Laborer business.

History: Heian was born the youngest of three triplets. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave 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 desert due to the painful memories there. Heian took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up hand crossbow and armor he uses now. He bought a hand crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 sp. Hematite (14 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her hair is silver and curly. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she is greedy

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a very tight haircut. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

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 also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. He became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Patrick hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born in the north to a Junk Dealer, Patrick learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.