Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. He wears his white hair down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Uthemar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She keeps her red hair in a flapper bob. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Oriel was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She has a hunchback. With wild red hair. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2400 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. He has shaved his head bald. His skin is flawless and his brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the martial 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 left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She wears a green tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly tridents and kukris. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: She is a Fortune-teller first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Fortune-teller business.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She struck the Fortune-teller job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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 she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Pink pearl (100 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has moderate length silver hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears long strands of sapphire and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Smokesticks. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His red hair is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 280 gp.