Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. He wears his chestnut hair down. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: He was born into a rich family. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He's also a talented Sage, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Curran was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His auburn hair is braided into rings. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered east to less war torn lands. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

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

Description: He prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her chestnut hair is cut short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tawar grew up listening to her father's many stories. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Taklinn was born the youngest of three triplets. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

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

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vonana embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.