Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Rurik lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has a very tight haircut. His ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He got into the Bookbinder business at a young age. When Arumawann reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He struck the Bookbinder job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to reunite with his absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Miner. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She 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. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 pp.