Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length red crest. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 280 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Theobald fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a worn and beaten armor. His head has been shaved. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oblar grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oblar. Being a Banker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His white hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2800 gp. Rose (60 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and red robe with the hood down. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He found a children's book about a Gnome Rogue 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1100 gp. Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has blue eyes and a black hat with a violet feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Thrak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

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: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 700 gp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Black opal (1500 gp).