Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Gifted from a young age, Paelias studied abroad. A gifted student he started as a Barkeep, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. He tends to his Shoemaker job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To be a Barkeep again; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 son.

History: Nella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears tattered old clothes. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Sora was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Sora's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Sora and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He wears a colorful flower in his brown fur. His skin is flawless and his hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Assassin mother left him crippled. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She got into the Barber business at a young age. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Blue diamond (4000 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Sard (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp).

Description: He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. His silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Raam was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He tends to his Painter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Painter responsibilities is difficult; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: This woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Thunderstones.