Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She takes great joy in being the best Actor in town.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Markosian never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 gp.

Description: This western man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His clothes are grease stained in places. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the left. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Riardon took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Gifted, Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Emerald (700 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, and carries shortbows. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Born in the south to a Barkeep, Einkil learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Einkil was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Einkil decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Barkeep kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 900 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jet (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Vadania was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Vadania and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Tiaathque is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His black hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vani studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 60 gp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He carries with him a set of flails, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Barkeep mother left her crippled. She has worked as a Map Maker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to protect her home

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 50 gp. Eye agate (10 gp).