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. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has blue eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Dyer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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: He is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His golden hair is thinning but still full. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is black and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Herbalist who has hired him part-time. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born in the north. Roger abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.