Description: This man wears a white shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his left hand. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Howard was born with his father's beautiful face. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Howard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Howard was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1500 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has brass crest. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Chassath was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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: Wants to work out more often; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With wild brown hair. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Sculptor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A 4'7" southern woman, she is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sellsword business.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Herleva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears professional attire. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Crown-heir and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (900 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Black pearl (900 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak. He carries with him a set of shortspears, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He keeps his gold crest in a flapper bob. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. After a long history of fighting, Kerkad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand his business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

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

Possessions: 90 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

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. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Beggar. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2200 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 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 (50 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has a very tight haircut. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Isabella grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Isabella. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp).