Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Traki speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 pp. 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 fat western man has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. Aust enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver ewer (90 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thamior was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.