Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple grey robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her hair is white and very short. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Nora was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Athletic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'6" and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sellsword arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Sellsword job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insomniac, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy cinnamon fur. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a hunchback. He keeps his cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Red spinel (40 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His head has been shaved. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He uses divination through singing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: An older man who wears bulky grey painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. His golden hair is cut short. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a great chef.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents enrolled him in a Adept school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). 2 Thunderstones. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her red crest is thinning but still full. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.