Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears dull yellow sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. He has a long chestnut beard with little hanging trinkets. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Riardon embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Riardon was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 6'4" northern woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is an epitome of beauty. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (10 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting dire rats, the young Vanchu began to lead the lost caravan. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Glassblower they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Marshal, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A 4'10" northern woman, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His black hair is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. John enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His auburn hair is cut short. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the south to a Mayor, Shane learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Bather but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Urshar hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Urshar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp. Jet (130 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). 1 Half-Plate.