Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is lengthy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the north to a Bather, Osco learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her black hair is thinning but still full. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear green tank tops with white skirt. Her purple hair is knotted and matted. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mortician born in the past three hundred years. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She got into the Mortician business at a young age. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, drow burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She uses divination through singing.

History: Mastema was born the youngest of three triplets. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Soapmaker. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 20 pp.