Description: This eastern man wears a red vest and prefers tan and black shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Bertram was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His silver hair is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 8000 sp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His golden hair is long and unkept. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. Through the years after Trag was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Trag's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Trag and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 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 hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the east. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his warhammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His brown hair is heavily combed to the left. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Robert took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has dedicated himself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a blue coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Riardon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Rosalind lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rosalind fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Banker they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Barrister, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'8" and has the majority of his body covered in plate. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His beige fur is smooth and relatively long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Art was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Tailor, but he was a colossal failure. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.