Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gerard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 sp. Azurite (7 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Jasper (40 gp).

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is white and very short. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anthony was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Servant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Sard (50 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.