Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her white hair is long and unkept. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Jade (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear brown tank tops with pastel skirt. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Egelina abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Hourglass. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long yellow fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Leaf was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. With bright white hair. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Alain was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Military, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 4000 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Sard (20 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rose (20 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Drusilia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants a kiss

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Crowbar. 1 Simple lock. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears just a green suit. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longbows and tridents. He has no crest. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Nithther speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nithther studied abroad. Nithther was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nithther decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Emerald (1500 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Jet (90 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Pink diamond (4000 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp).