Description: 4'10" and muscular, this northern woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 70 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Arha is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has a crush on the local blacksmith

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are silver.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Astar was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp.