Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. His hair is black and curly. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Xappan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her rusty crest is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Red garnet (120 gp).

Description: This southern man wears an entirely violet suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.