Description: This northern man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has moderate length blonde hair. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a Jeweler first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Pyntle was born on a far eastern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Locksmith. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'8". She wears a violet armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She has shaved her head bald. She has amber eyes and a violet hat with a white feather.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a white armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. A true patriot, Alain would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alain fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Black pearl (800 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).