Description: 5'3" and muscular, this southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is dressed in earthy colors with a white and violet handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gennal lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He is typically in his Junk Dealer uniform. He has no hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (60 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp).

Description: A 4'9" northern man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his father's many stories. While he appears to be a normal Elf, 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with brown slacks. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses divination through singing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. He's also a talented Unemployed, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1100 gp.