Description: He stands about 4'7" and is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is short and chestnut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His father 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: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (110 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His white hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Emotional, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her red crest is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Rezena reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Military. Occupation: Body Guard

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

Possessions: 700 gp. Amber (80 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Susannah is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She got into the Beggar business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This man wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Adran abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature rapier.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her blonde hair is cut short. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Iados was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. 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. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Iados fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2900 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Peridot (50 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his whip ready. He wears his brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: Pikar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.