Description: He is a mite stocky and 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 wavy auburn hair. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He took after his father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his father taught him to defend himself. When his father died while fighting gnolls, the young Jocelyn began to lead the lost caravan. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who is renowned for his bright violet suits and hats. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Conrad never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2100 sp. Fire opal (800 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His hair is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Map Maker, who enjoyed hunting, Charles was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Disease, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the left. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. His first spouse was a Brewer, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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 unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.