Description: This malnourished woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

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 wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His red hair is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vlorn grew up listening to his father's many stories. Vlorn was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Vlorn decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Engraver responsibilities is difficult; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This western woman wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is black and curly. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Mella was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bookbinder. She became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

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

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Zircon (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 3 Thunderstones.