Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a pastel tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His red fur is braided into rings. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. With bright chestnut hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 800 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a grey top hat and grey clothes. He wears his black hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born in a small desert village. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Peridot (20 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Markosian was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Scribe. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She stands about 6'4" and wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Painter for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his beige fur up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady copper eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Tanner but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Neega was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Neega decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Tanner kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Moss agate (12 gp). Amber (50 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Secretive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 10 pp. Amethyst (140 gp).