Description: 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 a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Slave, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp. Red garnet (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Amber (110 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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 is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Guy was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has brown eyes and a grey hat with a white feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Hematite (5 gp).

Description: He wears a pastel shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished sai as well. His hair is short and auburn. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his youth he was a Barber, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Backpack. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Simon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Miller. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.