Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a tan scarf. Her dark red hair is singed and shortened. Her silver eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Mastema will drive conversation. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'1". He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Nelkin was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nelkin's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has moderate length white hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Jane 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. 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

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

Flaws: Disease, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'8" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. His red hair is singed and shortened. He is baby faced.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Thamuz's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Thamuz lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Hematite (10 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his glaive with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Uthemar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. After a long history of fighting, Andry and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: 5'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and white tie. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mortician business.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Maynild alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears professional attire. Her white fur is braided into rings. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a yellow shirt, with a pastel mid length skirt with pastel tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her blonde hair up. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.