Description: He 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 portly but not overly obese. His gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He got into the Priest business at a young age. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 290 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft red waves gently in the breeze. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Bertram was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Pink pearl (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long dark red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Thamuz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Thamuz liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1700 sp. White pearl (130 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). 2 Thunderstones.