Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with black slacks. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Dain lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His black hair is cut short. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Born to a Interpreter, his mother struggled to pay the bills. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Blacksmith who has hired her part-time. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Bolhild was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Blacksmith. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Has a crush, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired her part-time. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tomph studied abroad. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'0" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Cartwright 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 decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Obsidian (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears his dark red hair down. He has gleaming, smiling black eyes.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Raam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 800 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tattered old clothes. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Abalaba was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Abalaba was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.