Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the west. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, green cloak. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Sekhmet learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She struck the Bookbinder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has a crush on the local sailor

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson blue hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She uses divination through singing.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Lia liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

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 has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Giselle lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 600 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Aramil studied abroad. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Banded agate (14 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An older woman who wears green trousers with blue and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her red crest in a flapper bob. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 900 pp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. His black hair is still thick. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Amnon was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He has worked as a Interpreter like his father before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1500 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item.