Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Robert was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Amber (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mason who has hired her part-time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oriel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oriel. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Solid gold idol (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Rosalind isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear pastel pants and tee shirts. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Theobald was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with his Carter mother left him crippled. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's in love; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 20 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Sard (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp).