Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey vest and prefers black and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Katherine never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, In love, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a black tunic with grey highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes, and carries clubs. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Orc supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. After a long history of fighting, Bilga and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Layabout

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

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, 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 wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length blonde hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He is physically well-built. His brass crest is thinning but still full. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heskan studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: 3'8" and muscular, this eastern man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Red garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).