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 wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has done her best to style her dark red hair to look like a famous performer. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. Hecat abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and falchions. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Moss agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His hair is white and very short. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Unemployed profession.

History: Born in the north to a Laborer, Damakos learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 80000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Barber. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Barber business.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Born to a Fisher, her father struggled to pay the bills. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a green vest and prefers blue and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Mastema hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A freak accident while working with her Tailor mother left her crippled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Mastema was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Sard (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern man has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His cinnamon fur is singed and shortened. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nimble fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears an entirely black suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has wavy brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: Standing 6'6", this man wears skinny pants and wears a green and black robe with the hood down. He has done his best to style his white crest to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. A true patriot, Direcris would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Engraver they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Barkeep, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 230 pp. A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (110 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.