Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a fancy violet suit. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, John grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. John grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did John. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 35000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a black costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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-sister.

History: She was born in the east. She was taken from her home at a very young age. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 140 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in a small plains village. 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. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 40000 cp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Performer who has hired him part-time. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Shane was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Sellsword, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Family, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 cp. Red garnet (80 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears baggy white pantaloons and a blue scarf. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a white costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Vola hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 28000 sp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 sp. Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He got into the Mortician business at a young age. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Actor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. He has blue eyes and a blue hat with a green feather.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.