Description: This tall, slender 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 shaved his head bald. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. A friendly and beautiful Human, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Through the years after Shane was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Shane's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This western man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Bookbinder profession.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has worked as a Carpenter like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 2600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Trym lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has moderate length blonde 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. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1800 sp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Rose (70 gp).