Description: This light-skinned male dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. A true patriot, Howard would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Howard 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 Howard. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His fur is cut close to his head. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Ghash is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ghash grew up listening to his father's many stories. He married young, but lost his spouse to giants. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Ghash was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide his balding. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 41000 sp.