Description: This man wears a simple black robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His red hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Hoshû has worked very hard to control his curse. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Terse, Hedonist, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. With wild silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents enrolled her in a Aristocrat school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ilanis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Damien speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He uses divination through singing.

History: Damien was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Emerald (1300 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Jet (120 gp). Malachite (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has red eyes and a green hat with a black feather.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 14000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears dull yellow sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born to a Tanner, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Gurdis never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

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

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His attire stands in sharp contrast to his dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 400 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty violet coat over it. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Peren hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. 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: Someone believes him a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (30 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her beige fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Seven lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Seven was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp.