Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Fistula hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a black small hat and black clothes, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her silver hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Sekhmet is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sekhmet never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Sard (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: Zaffrab speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Zaffrab's homeland. Zaffrab decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and hammers. Her black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born in the north. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Being a Stableman kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 60 gp.