Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Berrian enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Berrian lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This man is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Doctor born in the past three hundred years. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He became a Doctor soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Thervan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 900 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is grey, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born in a small plains village. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nutae will drive conversation. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Nutae was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp).