Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are black.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gomory grew up listening to her father's many stories. 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: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1500 sp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: This northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is short and blonde. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His long black hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bowyer. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Bowyer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a very tight haircut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.