Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is cut short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Varis and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: This western woman dresses like a well dressed Banker does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has red hair. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Sumnes embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Through the years after Sumnes was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sumnes's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Eye agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Traulam lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traulam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She wears baggy tan pantaloons and a green scarf. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. A true patriot, Valanthe would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Valanthe was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Barkeep for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is cut short. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting gnolls, the young Gilthur began to lead the lost caravan. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gilthur was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Amber (150 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

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 is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2300 sp. Sard (70 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Red garnet (70 gp).