Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His red hair is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born in the west. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Amber (40 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She carries with her a set of hammers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has no crest. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Tatyan abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He carries with him a set of warhammers on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. 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. Zook fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She carries with her a set of daggers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Eva was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. 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. Eva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'4" northern man, he wears suspenders and pastel workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. His white fur has been sun bleached extensively. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nimble embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (30 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 4'2" and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has moderate length brown hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tailor. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a brown tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He bought a greataxe and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 700 gp.