Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a brown shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. With wild chestnut hair. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 pp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

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. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Carter kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Zircon (50 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gillyd does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Gillyd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears just a red suit, marred by teas. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Stannor 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. Stannor 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 has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a brown vest and prefers tan and grey shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black fur is lengthy. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Sun grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This woman wears a tan vest and prefers brown and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His auburn hair is still thick. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hubert will drive conversation. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 42000 sp. Red garnet (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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. Thamior is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Insomniac, Cynical. Bonds: Slave, Family, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1100 gp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Hrathy hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Hrathy was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Performer. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp).