Description: He wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Balimaar was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jet (80 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a white shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Volen was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has worked as a Unemployed like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the left. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 sp. A roughly beaten golden orb (50 gp).

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Cumpen was born the youngest of three triplets. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 pp. Rose (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Iolite (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Galinndan studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2500 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Jade (110 gp). Sard (50 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tomph does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tomph fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Poor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and carries longswords. Her crest is scarlet and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants, and carries warhammers. His white hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Marbas lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Stableman.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Joker. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.