Description: 2'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Portia has worked very hard to control her curse. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He keeps his brass crest in a flapper bob. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Hematite (14 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Sard (20 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Black opal (1600 gp). Red garnet (40 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Painter; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: 4'1" and muscular, this western man wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He is a Hag in disguise. After coming to the age of reason, Orsik took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has no crest. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rathkran fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Engraver job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Xanaphia studied abroad. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: Wants to work out more often; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Paelias wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: Paelias hails from a village terrorized by illithids. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Paelias was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 sp.