Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. 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 wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anselm grew up listening to his father's many stories. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

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

Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He is portly but not overly obese. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Raymond was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Actor first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black opal (400 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and carries sickles. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Slave Trader mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is auburn and curly. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Cory 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 Cory. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.