Description: This slender woman stands about 5'7". She wears a green tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Manea hails from a village terrorized by giants. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 230 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He has wavy golden hair. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is mildly Human supremacist, though he does not identify as such. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A 6'5" northern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a red vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his red boots flare out at the collars. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Just what you see.