Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 6'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her red hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Giselle alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 70 pp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 90 pp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy green suit. He has shaved his head bald. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Vicky is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. 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. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vicky fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Justice, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.