Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. 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 moderate length black hair. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has violet eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He is an epitome of beauty. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. Being a Armorer kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 500 gp. Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Jet (130 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is short and chestnut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Brewer. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Brewer responsibilities is difficult; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 900 gp. Obsidian (13 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Iolite (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.