Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Ovak was born with her father's beautiful face. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Lance hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is black and curly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Cartwright, who enjoyed hunting, Umpen was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Through the years after Pennie was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Pennie's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Merihim was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 8000 sp. Onyx (70 gp). Coral (160 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Amber (160 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Peridot (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a green and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nemeia grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Nemeia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears her copper crest down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Shepherd business.

History: She got into the Shepherd business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Miner, but she got bored and became a Shepherd. She became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 19000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (700 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 (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man dresses like a well dressed Armorer does. His black crest is lengthy. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Detective, who enjoyed hunting, Heskan was taken on many hunting expeditions. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Armorer like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears tattered old clothes. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Ownka was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.