Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is short and black. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Mara hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older man who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Farmer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She carries with her a set of shortspears on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has black hair. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Pyra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Farmer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2200 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Coral (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on his right side, and is pretty ugly. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His yellow fur is knotted and matted. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 360 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp).