Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A gifted student she started as a Brewer, but she got bored and became a Marshal. She's also a talented Brewer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3100 gp. Emerald (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Jet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey cloak. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His black hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Uraim hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 Fortune-teller. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hollow voice

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

Description: This tall, slender woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Dilettante father left her crippled. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 340 gp. Red spinel (120 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a green and grey handkerchief worn on his right side, and is pretty ugly. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He got into the Layabout business at a young age. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and balancing his hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair is cut close to his head. His skin is flawless and his blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Beggar again.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When Bulzo reached his early adolescence his Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

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 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: Nicholas was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Servant. She sports a flattop fur cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the west to a Servant, Skirt learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She tends to her Servant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eye agate (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.