Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is baby faced.

Personality: Susannah wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Susannah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1400 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Hematite (4 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her gray fur is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 pp. Banded agate (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, In love. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'7". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. Her white hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Sarah hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

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. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. During her travels, Sarah and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Sarah discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Sarah fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. His chestnut hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a Actor, his father struggled to pay the bills. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He 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 he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her head has been shaved. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: She wears a black shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gaaki does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gaaki was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished dagger as well. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Dain is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Jade (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Amber (140 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is yellow, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is still thick. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 sp.