Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Halfling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During her travels, Claira and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Claira discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Claira fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Detective. He has wavy chestnut hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is an amazing painter.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. After coming to the age of reason, Roondar took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Family, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. She wears her white hair up. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Anne was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. Jasper (30 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His ears are large.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of sais on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This gold eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Thamuz is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the east to a Painter, Thamuz learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thamuz fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Citrine (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Abalaba was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Azurite (16 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield. 1 Half-Plate.