Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a brown tunic with red highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has done his best to style his gray fur to look like a famous performer. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a black shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and blue pants. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length rusty crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Dentratha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Jaxi was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 16000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brown hair is cut short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Adventurer, who enjoyed hunting, Aust was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 17000 cp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her red hair is long and unkept. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Spy. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2200 gp.

Description: This woman wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her left hand. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Faral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is content

Flaws: Cynical, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Jasper (30 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Farideh was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.