Description: This southern woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Balifra was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Barkeep. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her purple hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Junk Dealer. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star ruby (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has wavy beige fur. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Five was born with her mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local painter

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern man wears a white vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: Calcitro hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2400 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Jade (70 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She comes from a rich western family. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a white shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and pastel pants. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Rose (30 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Coral (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Sard (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears baggy white pantaloons and a violet scarf. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. Hoshû abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'8" and is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has red crest. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp).