Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the north. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has wavy silver hair. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her blonde hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'2". He wears tattered old clothes. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Roondar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). White pearl (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brass crest. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is red and very short. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears just a blue suit. He carries with him a set of greatswords on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His tied-back hair is black. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Fortune-teller.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and green handkerchief worn on his right side. He has wavy silver hair. His eyes are likewise violet.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Gennal hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 5000 sp.