Description: A middle-aged man, he 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 pretty ugly. He has a very tight haircut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thorin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Thorin was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, marred by teas. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Emerald (800 gp).

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His white hair is knotted and matted. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Morkral lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to unite with his brother

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.