Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a fancy grey suit. He wears his blonde hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. With wild auburn hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad brown hat.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Miller business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue tunic with violet highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She comes from a rich western family. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30000 cp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (140 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (140 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Tomph and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Halander took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up nunchaku and armor he uses now. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. The war was a terrible time for him, and Pelaios does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Cartwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Pelaios was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 4000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Jacinth (4000 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her green crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Synthrin hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest 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 forest due to the painful memories there. Synthrin took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor she uses now. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

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

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.