Description: 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 white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Everard hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Everard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern woman wears black trousers with green and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is a Cook first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Matilda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Matilda grew up listening to her mother's many stories. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Cook. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 10000 cp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'5" western man, he wears professional attire. His hair is silver and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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 born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Iolite (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.