Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His silver hair is braided into rings. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Mordai lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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's looking for his big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'2" when asserting herself. With wild white hair. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Anbera hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. After coming to the age of reason, Anbera took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears a simple red robe with violet stripes complete with hood. He is an epitome of beauty. He has red hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Nelkin was born with his father's beautiful face. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and is pretty ugly. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 gp.