Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her silver hair is well kept. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. A true patriot, Arara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Arara hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, brigands burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Arara 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 Arara. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 110 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is light but she possesses many pastel ritualistic tattoos. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on his left side. His dark red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 11000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'7". She wears a green coat over a yellow low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gilkass does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.