Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his axe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears his auburn hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He stands about 5'10" and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).

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 emerald on his right hand. His head has been shaved. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dorn is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dorn grew up listening to his father's many stories. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Malachite (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his golden hair up. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Wobbles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Wobbles lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

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

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).