Description: He wears a simple black robe with violet stripes complete with hood. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly sais and halberds. His tied-back hair is silver. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Ratanák was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ratanák decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Jade (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Nora liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Amber (120 gp). Jet (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Cairn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Cairn was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 17th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Cairn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears dull violet sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed trident, just in case. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a Fletcher, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp. Old masterpiece painting (600 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 140 gp. Amethyst (130 gp).