Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Helja enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Depressed. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She carries with her a set of maces on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her yellow fur is still thick. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Alexandrite (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Hecat 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears just a black suit. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length blue hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new sculptor responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. His crest is scarlet and very short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Marshal born in the past three hundred years. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A gifted student he started as a Glassblower, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise violet. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a tan collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in the north to a Sage, Ulla learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 2000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor, and she perpetually has her warhammer ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 130 gp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is singed and shortened. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Orryn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and he wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp.