Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is short and black. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ortegar has worked very hard to control his curse. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 7000 sp. 2 Smokesticks. 4 Thunderstones. 4 Holy water.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her crest is short and brass. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. After a long history of fighting, Synthrin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She stands about 3'9" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He wears his silver hair down. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Courier arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. Black star sapphire (800 gp). Amber (60 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed bow, just in case. She has wavy blonde hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of a Scribe, who enjoyed hunting, Caeldrim was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has worked as a Sage like his father before him.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born in the west. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She very much looks the part of a Mason. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.