Description: 6'8" and muscular, this eastern man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Shamash enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 5 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Shamash never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1600 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Hematite (7 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Star ruby (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a blue coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When Muggrish reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Professionalism, Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Rock crystal (30 gp). Amber (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Sage. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Quarion hails from a village terrorized by drow. He worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 12000 sp.