Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: A 6'5" southern man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His crest is cut close to his head. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a violet suit, white shirt, and violet tie. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Addict, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She carries with her a set of sais on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Elizabeth hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 12000 sp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She carries with her a set of shields, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing painting.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).