Description: This dark-skinned female wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her mace. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Fulbar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Jet (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a grey and pastel robe with the hood down. She has wavy blonde hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Bolhild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Jasper (40 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Ellywick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Junk Dealer responsibilities is difficult; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 380 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: She wears a blue coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is white and curly. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 110 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jarsali grew up listening to her father's many stories. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Three was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Three was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She has a hunchback. She wears her white hair down. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Numba embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Banker and was forced into it by her family; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 44000 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He sports a flattop hair cut. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Ashgarn took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.