Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and brown tie, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Vaina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Rose (70 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She found a children's book about a Gnome Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 15000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With bright silver hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Anne was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, 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 Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Halfling Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His copper crest is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Azzakh was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Azzakh's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She tends to her Engraver job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Gildmak is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Adventurer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long purple hair kept up in a rat tail. She has black eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Pyra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Banded mail.