Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long white crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the east to a Seamstress, Zykroff learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of falchions on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her black hair down. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a Shipwright, her father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Peridot (60 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his white robe. His black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He has wavy rusty crest. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, In love, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jade (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barber business.

History: Alexandre lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Ulla lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and doesn't want to be a bowyer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 8000 sp.