Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. He sports a flattop hair cut. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'6" and has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Through the years after Arnold was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Arnold's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He has moderate length white hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Solomon alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.