Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and pastel handkerchief worn on his left side. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 600 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, marred by chocolates. His red hair is knotted and matted. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top violet hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'5". He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has styled his gold crest well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He tends to his Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is white and very short. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Being a Healer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her father's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 7000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'9" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has hazel eyes.

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 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: Quarion was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He usually wears his pastel robe and has his quarterstaff always slung over his shoulder. His fur is red and curly. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing poetry.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She wears professional attire. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.