Description: A moderately attractive 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. His red hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roger studied abroad. Roger abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. Now he works as a poetry tutor during his time off.

Motivation: To protect his home; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Guardian. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'5" and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is auburn and very short. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barber arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (130 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings, and carries monstrous two handed axes. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.