Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and is pretty ugly. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a green collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Kaladan lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a large black jacket. Her silver hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Nagrette 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 is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Nagrette was born the youngest of three triplets. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thodris studied abroad. Through the years after Thodris was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Thodris's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and human compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 cp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears bulky red painted plate armor, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Euphemia was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Euphemia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He sports a long silver beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Tailor, but he got bored and became a Actor. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears just a black suit. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is black and very short. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ruler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With bright golden hair. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: Arara speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. Arara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer 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 feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 800 gp.