Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. She has blonde hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the east. Willow abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He is physically well-built. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and yellow handkerchief worn on his right side. His blue hair is unkempt and raggedy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tailor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. At some point he was captured by giants and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to protect his home

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10 pp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her skin is flawless and her silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Xanaphia embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Unemployed. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Unemployed for hire.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Jade (130 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and is pretty ugly. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Paymon's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Healer business.

History: Nalral hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Healer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Healer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has moderate length brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: To be a Ploughman again.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his purple hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He tends to his Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.