Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, 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 hair is long and auburn with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Tarak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Tarak was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Tarak has worked very hard to control his curse. He tends to his Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a yellow coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His silver hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and black handkerchief worn on his left side. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks, and carries shortbows. With bright red hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nalaed does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Nalaed was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He very much looks the part of a Soapmaker. His black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 cp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears long strands of sapphire and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Insane, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears dull red sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed morningstar, just in case. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).