Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are a pleasant green.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'11". He wears a red collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and his gloved hand is found clutching a axe. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. A true patriot, Pikar would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 sp. Azurite (14 gp). Jade (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 sp. Onyx (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: She stands about 3'2" and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

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 ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Gynnie was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'9" when asserting herself. Her hair is short and black. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Bendoo was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mortician. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents enrolled her in a Commoner school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'5". He wears a brown collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Three studied abroad. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Adventurer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Armorer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has golden hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, white shirt, and brown tie. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her flail, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. She has moderate length red hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Superior lock.