Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is white and curly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Donella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She 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. 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 to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an entirely pastel suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a colorful flower in his red fur. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has violet eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Cecily is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Cecily alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bounty Hunter, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his halberd with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is short and gold. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20000 sp.

Description: A 3'2" eastern woman, she wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She takes great joy in being the best Navigator in town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 Navigator. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Navigator responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 10000 sp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair is knotted and matted. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Himo speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Knight 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Military, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.