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, and carries bows. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ahvain alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 23000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and yellow pants. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Lucan is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Lucan has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Armorer. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Armorer. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Armorer responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Black opal (600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and red handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has worked as a Merchant like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.