Description: This woman stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length purple hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. 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 was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Astaro was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (5 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy cinnamon fur. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a hunchback. His fur is cinnamon and curly. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears professional attire. His tied-back hair is red. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: White pearl (160 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a hunchback. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

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. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Standing 5'3", this man wears a green armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. His hair is purple and very short. His eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Astar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 sp. Coral (70 gp). 4 Tanglefoot bags.