Description: She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with green slacks, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She found a children's book about a Halfling Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 37000 sp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Sard (50 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a very tight haircut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This northern man wears tattered old clothes. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (140 gp).

Description: He wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his white hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson violet hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A gifted student he started as a Ploughman, but he got bored and became a Tanner. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His long chestnut hair reaches down to his waist. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Scribe mother left him crippled. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Brewer for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to be a scribe again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a blue and grey robe with the hood down. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Numba took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up glaive and armor she uses now. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1900 gp. Banded agate (15 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Ielenia isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.