Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, marred by sweets. His tied-back hair is black. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Nicholas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. His white hair is cut short. His ears are large.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Red garnet (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He got into the Gardener business at a young age. A gifted student he started as a Miner, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'0". She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a red coat with pastel slacks, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hammer. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Adelaide has worked very hard to control her curse. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.