Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He is portly but not overly obese. His rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Breastplate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a grey shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (40 gp). Jet (80 gp). Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Melech was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this eastern man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born in the east. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 14000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, and is pretty ugly. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Amber (150 gp).