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 carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Shoemaker. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shoemaker for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with black stripes complete with hood, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'8" when asserting himself. His white hair is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To be a Layabout again.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His blonde hair is cut short. He has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dustin grew up listening to his mother's many stories. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.