Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is typically in his Mortician uniform. He is an epitome of beauty. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Mortician business.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with his Seamstress mother left him crippled. He tends to his Mortician job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mortician responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this western man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His rusty crest is heavily combed to the left. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the west to a Soapmaker, Patrin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has achieved small success as a Soapmaker.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are brown.

Personality: Dondon wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dondon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is purple, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

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. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.