Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His silver hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vondal grew up listening to his father's many stories. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 38000 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. 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: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing a long, black cloak, and he perpetually has his nunchaku ready. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Sammal 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. While he appears to be a normal Tiefling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a Glassblower first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his brass crest down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Fortune-teller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He keeps his long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gold eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: Criella is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in the east. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat and is in decent physical shape. His red hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Imsh lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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. 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: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Anne was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a shipwright and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 gp.