Description: This eastern man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His clothes are grease stained in places. His auburn hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, 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 styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Traki speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in the west to a Courier, Traki learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Traki 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 Traki. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 pp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a spear, but if one is not available he will default to his shortspear. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Theriatis's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 290 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who dresses like a well dressed Miner does, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Korfel is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Miner. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Miner for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and kukris. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Thamior 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 Thamior. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.