Description: Standing 5'11", this man wears tattered old clothes. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a Masseuse first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty green coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Mortician profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

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 seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a fancy blue dress. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Ellyjoybell was born the youngest of three triplets. At some point she was captured by drow and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Ellyjoybell was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp).

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has wavy brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with red slacks, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jaxi grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears yellow leather gloves, a yellow jacket, and tight pants. His hair is white and very short. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of a Sculptor, who enjoyed hunting, Rael was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length blonde hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.