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 carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. A gifted student he started as a Butcher, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Unemployed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He tends to wear a large pastel jacket. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

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 a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Naal learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Naal was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Naal decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Theren and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 6000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, pastel shirt, and black tie, he is not a threatening figure. His white hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Herbalist. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to be a blacksmith again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. He has moderate length silver hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Peren hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He became a Sculptor soon after.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to be a mercenary again

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. White pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.