Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Altho has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and human compassion

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is short and silver. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Modean studied abroad. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nuraval will drive conversation. He is a great chef.

History: Nuraval was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. In his 18th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 140 pp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Coral (80 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his trident. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His beige fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Shadow was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Hunter. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'7" and is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Ilanis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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. Ilanis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp).