Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Thorpe was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He found a children's book about a Halfling Monk who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a hammer on his belt. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heward hails from a village terrorized by giants. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Heward alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (120 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the west to a Bricklayer, Meriele learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Bricklayer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gray eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Brewer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the west were limited. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (15 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and black pants. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Valafar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has worked as a Banker like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe and is in decent physical shape. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Shax studied abroad. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1600 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.