Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and white robe with the hood down. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Whurbin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 320 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp).

Description: 2'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Resh is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Anverth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy red suit. He carries a battered shortbow and tarnished sickle as well. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Ulblyn was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with his Spice Merchant mother left him crippled. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Yurgunn hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Marshal for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears a brown costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his 17th 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful, Ugly. Occupation: Server

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Sammal hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Nissa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sculptor hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3100 sp.