Description: He is lean but muscular and wears brown trousers with green and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During his travels, Nordak and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Nordak discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Nordak fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Healer. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Tagga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp. Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a tan collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His hair is golden and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Rosamund took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up glaive and armor she uses now. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She takes great joy in being the best Hunter in town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She struck the Hunter job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Tourmaline (130 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jet (130 gp). Moss agate (13 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has styled his rusty crest well, parting it to the right. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Patrin has worked very hard to control his curse. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 4 Antitoxin. 1 Smokesticks.