Description: An older man who 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 not a threatening figure. His crest is red and curly. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Heskan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 900 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He usually wears his blue robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is still thick. His white unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Butcher they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barber, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Dûsh was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Beggar. He has worked as a Beggar like his father before him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, marred by teas. His red hair is singed and shortened. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Altho is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Knight they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Tailor, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Nature, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 320 gp.