Description: She wears a violet vest and prefers white and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her auburn hair is well kept. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: Emma is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 27000 sp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has dyed his greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Gale enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Ilanis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. A freak accident while working with her Butcher father left her crippled. She's also a talented Butcher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, he is not a threatening figure. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Alexandre enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An older man who is renowned for his bright black suits and hats, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a trident, but if one is not available she will default to her nunchaku. Her hair is black and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Dell hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and she has a crush on the local dyer

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Mundane. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp.