Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his right hand. His green crest is singed and shortened. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Baradad 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Architect arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Baradad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 cp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the west. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. His brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He was born in a small island village. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.