Description: She stands about 5'9" and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Astaro embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Astaro was taken on many hunting expeditions. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her left side, marred by teas. Her hair is short and golden. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born into a rich family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp. White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This man wears a black vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has brown hair. His eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'11". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a glaive. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vadania embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Dara was born the youngest of three triplets. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His crest is bronze and curly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Hunter profession.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Carpenter. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is physically well-built. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in a small forest village. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Ruler 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears a fancy brown dress. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Falkrunn reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Falkrunn was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).