Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries sais. His hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bulzo has worked very hard to control his curse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy silver 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: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ilanis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ilanis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ilanis. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. Her copper eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Sage arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and 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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Sard (50 gp). White opal (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 4'9", this man wears an entirely blue suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Himo was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his trident ready. He has dyed his greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. In his 17th 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. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 pp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

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 takes great joy in being the best Healer in town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She married young, but lost her spouse to orcs. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10000 cp. 2 Holy water.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Gifted from a young age, Therlin studied abroad. 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. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1600 sp.