Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his black hair up. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. When Ribbles reached his early adolescence his Gnome father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ribbles fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 200 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 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: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Born to a Dilettante, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Tana 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Nija was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nija decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Georgina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 5000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His beige fur is smooth and relatively long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep yellow.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 280 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'5" when asserting himself. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Vondal has worked very hard to control his curse. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'0" when asserting himself. His fur is brown and very short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Ombul hails from a village terrorized by goblins. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Ombul was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses like a well dressed Mortician does. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the east. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.