Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane, Impulsive. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Mundane. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his blonde hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Marbas lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vadania was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp.