Description: This light-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. He is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around his ears. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has all his life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Miles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. After coming to the age of reason, Lewis took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Body Guard arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 gp.