Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears dull blue sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed falchion, just in case. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in an above average manner. Her white hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Eye agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man is typically in his Navigator uniform and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Black opal (900 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Painter, and is pretty ugly. His gold crest is still thick. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kiirith grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Kiirith 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. Kiirith decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 pp. Sard (80 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is cut close to his head. He has amber eyes and a yellow hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Aelar 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 Aelar. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Alchemist’s fire. 5 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Holy water.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has wavy white hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her childhood dream was to be a Performer, but she was a colossal failure. She's also a talented Performer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and balancing her hectic life and new actor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Ahinar lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His purple hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Thamuz embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A freak accident while working with his Scribe mother left him crippled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1200 gp.