Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Map Maker, Mara learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Map Maker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3100 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered kukri and tarnished bow as well. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Fallond will drive conversation. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fallond is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lamlis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 130 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a violet broad hat and violet clothes. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Eloise isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Bather father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Alston is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Alston was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'8". She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and her gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Gale's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her father struggled to pay the bills. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 43000 sp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a red and white handkerchief worn on his left side. He wears his auburn hair down. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hupe grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.