Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a blue vest and prefers black and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has shaved her head bald. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Birel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has wavy auburn hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Glassblower. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This western woman likes to wear yellow tank tops with brown skirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'10". She wears brown trousers with violet and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. A gifted student she started as a Carpenter, but she got bored and became a Weaver. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her white fur is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Fire opal (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.