Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. 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 sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ernest grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ernest. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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. 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: To end his boredom; and he is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a black deerstalker hat and black clothes, and is pretty ugly. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Roland was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Revenge; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Gunter alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by brigands. Gunter was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: Human compassion; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 29000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.