Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this eastern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Justice. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple black robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear pastel tank tops with tan skirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is long and unkept. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Mercenary like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: This southern man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His green eyes peer out from beneath his feathered yellow hat.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.