Description: This dark-skinned female wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and pastel pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson tan hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Althaea grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Courier mother left her crippled. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Tordek embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Tordek enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the south. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Tordek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 350 gp. Azurite (10 gp). Amethyst (110 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is long and white with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small white clips. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: This woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.