Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'2". She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with her Animal Trainer father left her crippled. 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: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 pp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears green trousers with brown and yellow striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'7" when asserting himself. He has dyed his greying purple hair a little too much giving a sharp purple color. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Amethyst (40 gp).

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His red hair is lengthy. His black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Balam was born the youngest of three triplets. Balam was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Balam decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a animal trainer and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a violet scarf. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. 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: Nutae was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His first spouse was a Courier, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 230 gp. Jet (70 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kabbarg was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her copper eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Aura was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aura decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

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

Flaws: Fearful, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: Standing 6'4", this man wears a green vest and prefers blue and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: In love, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 50 pp.