Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'11" and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing a long, red cloak. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Willow grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Willow. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 sp. Banded agate (15 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Malachite (15 gp).

Description: This eastern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a violet collared shirt and pastel skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Dûsh lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 13000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Jet (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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 Dwarf in existence. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are white.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Jezebeth alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She struck the Blacksmith job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.