Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

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

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Navigator, but he got bored and became a Server. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Navigator they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Server, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 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 (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is typically in his Slave Trader uniform. He has black hair. He has black eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Cairn was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He tends to his Slave Trader job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp. Blue quartz (8 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'2" and is dressed in an above average manner. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has dyed his greying bronze crest a little too much giving a sharp bronze color. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Bidreked lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bounty Hunter, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Chalcedony (60 gp).