Octavia was an orphan who was taken into the Lorem Arcana as a small girl of 8 years old after showing a natural affinity for magic. She was trained in the halls of magic academies in the royal city of Lore by some of the most renown wizards and sorcerers in the known world. In many ways she was a prodigy and destined to work in the high court of the empire.
In her final year of study, Octavia was set-up by someone she thought was a friend and accused of practicing vile magic. Something that is specifically prohibited by the Lorem Arcana, Octavia was thrown out of the Academy and stripped of her standing within the Lorem Arcana and exiled from the Academy, fortunately spared the "Silencing" process.
Drifting through the kingdom for nearly two years, Octavia made her way to Farkoth and New Locke to practice her magic under less strict regulation and harassment. For the last year she has been hiring out his scrying services. Blocked from the halls of royalty, Octavia ekes out a living performing arcane services for the common folk of the city.

Adin is native to the Kingdom of Farkoth and was raised as an elf in the Geoff Forest, until the age of 14, when he left his tribe and joined the Church of Brazor where he joined the ranks of the Kitar priests (the dominant deity of the Kingdom of Farkoth). Adin quickly rose in the ranks of the church, noted for his devotion to the ways of Kitar.
At the age of 20, Adin was picked to be part of the "Collectors", a sub-group within the church of Brazor. It was here that Adin found he had an aptitude for history and lore. Under the tutelage of his mentor Pheos, an elder wizard, turned priest.
Two years ago, Adin returned to Farkoth and has worked in the kingdom for church since. Though the collectors are a secret sect of the church, they often sell themselves out as healers for adventuring parties into the Wildlands in the hopes of recovering ancient powerful artifacts. Because of his immunity to the "Curse of the Wildlands" he is perfect for this task in regions that border the Wildlands, like New Locke.
As the campaign begins, Adin has been hired for a party venturing into the Wildlands. He has been requested to meet those in the party and the person behind the expedition at the Silver Cask Tavern in New Locke on the night of the new moons.

Sha'Noth was born in far distant land to the west, unknown to the people Trill, but when she was 3 years old her parents were killed and she was taken into the care of a Kreeta Monk who brought her to the northern continent and to a small monastery in the Trill Wildlands.

Roka was born and raised in the jungles of Rainal. His mother was of follower at the Harogath Monastery (see Harogath Incident) and his father was a warrior in the Trill Army. Both of them were killed in the Harogath incident, and Roka was one of 4 children who were scurried away from the monastery before being razed.
Roka was taken to the "Temple of the Fading Dawn" where the "priests" took to raising him. He was 5 years old when Harogath Template was destroyed and never knew his parents. From the time he could speak, Roka was taught the ways of the Fading Dawn, and started studying to become a monk at the age of 10.

His training focused on the mastery of the physical, and the use of the body as a weapon. This included several forms of martial arts training, and rigorous physical and mental training. But his training also included extensive education in philosophy, history and religion.

When Roka reached the age of 25, after 15 years of teaching and training, he begin his "Baar" or Life Journey where he to walk the lands seeking enlightenment and understanding (i know very Kung Fu). Over his years of study, Roka has seen Slater at the monastery and knows him vaguely. When Slater heard of Roka reaching Farkoth and New Locke, he asked him to join this upcoming expedition.

Centa (pronounced Senta) is Brazorian by birth, and raised in the very rough streets of Brazor City. Her mother died giving birth and her father was a drunk, so from the time she was 6, Centa has had to survive on her own wits and abilities. As an orphan, when Centa was 12 years old, she was arrested and sold into slavery. For nearly a year, she was a servant in a house of a Brazorian Royal named Lord Hallock. But one night, a band of 4 assassins snuck into the house and slaughtered the house lord. One of the assassins took pity on the little slave girl and took her, like one would steal a vase or trinket, she was still property.

Centa was taken into the house of the Black Hand, one of the lesser known Assassin's guild in Brazoria. From the age of 12 to 22 (for 10 years) Centa was taught the ancient secret ways of the "Black Hand" and its unique form of hand-to-hand combat, misdirection and silent sneak attacks. During this decade, Centa was treated very well, but only because her skill and aptitude were exceptional and a young girl, who often looked younger than she was, was able to infiltrate area and assassinate persons that would be inaccessible by the members of the guild. And despite this usefulness, she was always property. Her opinions and feelings didn't matter, she was trained to be a cold blooded killer and that is exactly what she was.

When Centa was 23, she was sent on an "assignment" (code for sent to fulfill an assassination contract for the Black Hand). She was sent to the southern city of New Dragos, to assassinate the priest of a "cult" that worshiped one of these new "Eternals" (an new emerging pantheon of gods). Rather than killing the priest, Centa listened to him. As he said: "If the fates have decided I am to die today, than I shall at least drink my tea. And I know no better honor than to have tea with the one who will execute the will of the fates."

Centa and the priest talked for hours. He talked to her about her value, her soul, and her right to choose her own destiny. And over time convinced her to ".. let him continue to drink his tea". But knowing that she could not return to the Black Hand having failed, she fled Brazoria to the continent of Trill. She arrived in Twin Rivers just over a year ago and has been picking up odd jobs here and there, but trying to stay off the radar.

Ditani is a human jungle ranger who was raised in the deep jungles of Rainal. Ditani has spent his entire life in the jungle. He was born to Sunusa and Sila (father and mother respectively) in the very remote village of Agar located near central Rainal (where its jungles are the most dense and remote). Agar was a village comprised of both elf and humans, and even a few dwarf families. The village was a collection of Harogathian faithful who fled into the jungle depths after the "Harogath Incident". Ditani has spent his entire life hunting, tracking and trapping, but his social skills are not so great, he's a bit of a loner.
Ditani is very young and has a bit of a chip on his shoulder, and he has a whole lot of talent and skill, but very little wisdom. He's impulsive and often doesn't think before he acts, and as a result he had his share of fistfights with neighboring village boys. For the last 3 years (since he was 15) he joined a group of druid/rangers who call themselves "Order of the Blue Waters". A devout group of Harogathian followers who utilize things gathered from the jungle to enhance their attacks and weapons. In particular, Ditani and his arrows. He has access to poison arrows, exploding arrows, cloudburst arrows, and more, all utilizing natural items that can be gathered in any wilderness location.
While Ditani is not very wise, he is an eagle eye, crack shot with his bow. His skills with a bow, are some of the most promising in the jungle, but as the master monk of the Fading Dawn Monastery says; "won't realize your true potential with the bow until you learn to listen to others who are wiser."