Description: This slender man stands about 4'0". He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are green.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Miner but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Miner business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Pyra lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: Fire opal (1300 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp).

Description: He stands about 5'2" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her black hair is still thick. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ishte does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Ishte was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and red handkerchief worn on his left side. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Einkil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she very much looks the part of a Masseuse. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His black hair is singed and shortened. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. Raymond enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raymond was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents enrolled him in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 7000 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Amber (80 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp).