Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: Baern speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary mother left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy black hair. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp).

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Five fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of swords on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He found a children's book about a Elf Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Barkeep born in the past three hundred years. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.