Description: This man 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 muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2600 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a yellow coat. His black hair is lengthy. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Koeth was taken on many hunting expeditions. Koeth 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 9000 sp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is heavily combed to the left. He has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Riardon will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for him, and Riardon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Riardon was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Animal Trainer. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top grey hat.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. 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. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Sage and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 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 tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Thamior speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 150 pp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.