Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Dazzazn 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 now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His hair is silver and curly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Brottor's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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: He's looking for his big break; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 290 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'10". He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. His silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Marbas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Marbas grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Marbas. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses like a well dressed Bather does. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bather business.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and he perpetually has his quarterstaff ready. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Aust was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has wavy brown hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Helgret was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Laborer for hire.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with tan slacks. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are yellow and catlike.

Personality: Fragrant wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Adept, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born to a Cook, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He keeps his gold crest in a flapper bob. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Hirrathak lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 140 pp.