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 has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Sculptor. 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: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 300 gp. Jet (80 gp). Eye agate (4 gp).

Description: He typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. He wears his auburn hair down. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and falchions. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Everard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Everard lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Junk Dealer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. His silver hair is braided into rings. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Hubert's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is a Lamia in disguise. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Backpack. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and carries spears. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kody fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp.