Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her hair is black and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Faral enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Faral grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp).

Description: A 6'3" northern woman, she wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gorga grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Gorga. After a long history of fighting, Gorga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and 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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (130 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he usually wears his white robe and has his monstrous two handed axe always slung over his shoulder. He wears his chestnut hair up. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

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 is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and 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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 40 pp. Coral (80 gp).