Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available she will default to her shield, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a simple black robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is silver and curly. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Armorer. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drogo grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Perra hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Rose (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a axe, but if one is not available she will default to her spear, and carries spears. She sports brown long hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Nikki's homeland. Nikki decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear pastel tank tops with tan skirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is long and unkept. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has worked as a Mercenary like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp. Jade (130 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His tied-back hair is blonde. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Ernest speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Ernest was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a pastel tunic with blue highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His fur is cinnamon and curly. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 13000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).