Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Fisher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Urshar was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He dresses like a well dressed Bather does. He wears his scarlet crest down. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Vrondiss lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He tends to his Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He's in love; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Sard (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his long yellow fur kept up in a rat tail. His skin is flawless and his yellow eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emerald studied abroad. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered singing. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 100 gp. Citrine (20 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Grigi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her silver hair down. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tagga grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with blue slacks. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'4", this man sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair is brown and curly. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Norman hails from a village terrorized by drow. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Norman was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and balancing his hectic life and new glassblower responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Disease, Hedonist, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Jade (40 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. With wild brown hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He got into the Carpenter business at a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.