Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her red hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sumnes lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Family, Rich. Occupation: Bather

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

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Standing 5'6", this woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her white hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Terse, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears long strands of amethyst and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is blonde. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aldous grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Aldous was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aldous decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.