Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A gifted student he started as a Apothecary, but he got bored and became a Fletcher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Apothecary again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'2". She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather, and her gloved hand is found clutching a spear. Her hair is short and silver. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

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 Scribe hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 18000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. Her gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Jheri was born with her mother's beautiful face. After coming to the age of reason, Jheri took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Jheri never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1400 gp. Star ruby (500 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Lance was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 8000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp).

Description: This northern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his lance with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is white and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He wears his auburn hair up. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Simon grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with his Dyer mother left him crippled. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).