Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is still thick. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates brigands. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 280 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Animal Trainer. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He struck the Animal Trainer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He has moderate length golden hair. He has hazel eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Riardon embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Doctor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Tharivol 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 was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a green shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and yellow pants. His auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Theren was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Theren liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.