Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He has shaved his head bald. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Norman grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'7". He wears skinny pants and wears a blue and white robe with the hood down. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and longbows. Her hair is long and white with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her ears are large.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Mumpena hails from a village terrorized by brigands. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Mumpena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 gp. Onyx (30 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a large brown jacket. She sports brown long hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Miner for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: She wears long strands of jet and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 pp. Hematite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings, and is pretty ugly. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sard (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears an entirely yellow suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His white hair is unkempt and raggedy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are violet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Apothecary for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She has wavy black hair. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Body Guard. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Luthra hails from a village terrorized by orcs. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is wearing a long, red cloak. She carries with her a set of tridents on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She has slicked back red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.