Description: 3'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Donella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1800 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Standing 4'9", this woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her ears are large.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Ida was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Navigator, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Antitoxin.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'0" and wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her blonde hair is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Delre hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. He has white crest. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He got into the Server business at a young age. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a pastel scarf. His golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Tharivol was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Tharivol decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'0" and wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sword, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She found a children's book about a Human Warrior 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 30 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).