Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has shaved his head bald. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This light-skinned male wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He wears his black hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A true patriot, Gardain would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Cory was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 sp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Mason. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His green crest has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.