Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. 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 likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are amber and beady.

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. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. She keeps her long bronze crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. She has done her best to style her purple hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Akta hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Akta alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Revenge; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears just a white suit. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the west. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Revenge; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.