Description: This late middle aged man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Tim was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She wears her blonde hair up. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this woman wears an entirely brown suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Eloise was taken on many hunting expeditions. Eloise liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Elizabeth hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.