Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Portia's homeland. Portia decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Guard, his father struggled to pay the bills. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Poor, In love. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 310 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a bow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Iolite (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 Shipwright. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his auburn hair in a pixie cut. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. 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: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a blue vest and prefers pastel and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has shaved her head bald. She has brown eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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 was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 2000 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: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and is pretty ugly. Her scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Antrara 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. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and retire the richest woman in the west

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 10 pp.