Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears black trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His green eyes peer out from beneath his small black hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his mother's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered giants who tried to eat his hand. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants revenge against giants; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 10000 sp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who usually wears his red robe and has his sword always slung over his shoulder, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is cut close to his head. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered spear and tarnished bastard sword as well. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Spear lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Tippletoe hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'1". He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His crest is gold and curly. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fortune-teller. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

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. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. His copper crest is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: Rivaan hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. 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: Rivaan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by his family; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 17000 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears just a grey suit. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man wears dull red sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed glaive, just in case, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Citrine (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Seamstress arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but she was a colossal failure. 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: Half-Elven compassion.

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp.