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 sports a flattop hair cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

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. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has a long golden beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 sp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). White opal (400 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: This northern man prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His clothes are grease stained in places. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears his red hair down. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp.