Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a grey coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in a small island village. A freak accident while working with his Scribe mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 310 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was born in the east. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). 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: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Gifted from a young age, Az-Rans studied abroad. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She sports white long hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to be a adventurer again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and carries shortspears. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

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 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: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Buckler. 1 Full Plate. 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She carries with her a set of lances, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ronobe isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. At some point she was captured by orcs and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ronobe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 sp.