Description: A 5'1" southern man, 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 has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is a great chef.

History: Born to a Sage, his father struggled to pay the bills. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is light but he possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and white handkerchief worn on his right side. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Jade (60 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp).

Description: He has a missing right arm. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Solomon will drive conversation. 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 raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Solomon never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Coral (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Average lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Silk rope. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Kyle enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. After a long history of fighting, Kyle and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.