Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has achieved small success as a Miner.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and black handkerchief worn on his right side. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Heian was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Heian's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 28000 cp.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, marred by teas. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Frederick's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He takes great joy in being the best Navigator in town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 900 gp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ermina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 has money and likes to spend it; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Full Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Beatrice is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a Soapmaker soon after.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1000 gp. Coral (130 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her ears are large.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born in the west to a Sculptor, Modean learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he usually wears his brown robe and has his flail always slung over his shoulder. He has moderate length cinnamon fur. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Tree has worked very hard to control his curse. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy, Mundane, Disease. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 12000 sp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp).