Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. She has dyed her greying silver crest a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Akra was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Akra's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. Her crest is gold and curly. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 50000 cp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Rose (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His black hair is singed and shortened. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has wavy cinnamon fur. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 86. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and tan tie. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alexandre alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ahinar never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Justice, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 cp.