Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he likes to wear white tank tops with tan pants. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Altho enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Altho was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sculptor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sculptor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'8" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is braided into rings. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Merchant who has hired him part-time. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'11" when asserting herself. Her red hair is still thick. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she has a crush on the local ploughman

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 250 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Berrian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and human compassion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1900 gp.