Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her crossbow. Her hair is short and chestnut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moonstone (80 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in an above average manner. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Through the years after Everard was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Everard's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 310 pp.

Description: This dark-skinned male prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is long and silver with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This southern man is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. His clothes are grease stained in places. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ar-Pratu lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available she will default to her monstrous two handed axe. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 pp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

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 refers to his adoptive mother 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 the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp).

Description: This woman wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her left hand. Her hair is blonde and very short. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears just a green suit. His crest is copper and very short. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with violet slacks. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She found a children's book about a Halfling Ranger 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 70 gp.