Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Interpreter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Sard (20 gp).

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in earthy colors with a red and green handkerchief worn on her left side. With bright blonde hair. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Jeweler responsibilities is difficult; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He stands about 5'7" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are gold.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. After a long history of fighting, Abad and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver ewer (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her spear, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Ruler profession.

History: She got into the Masseuse business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Ruler, but she got bored and became a Masseuse. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 5000 cp. A small bag of saffron. (60 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her bronze crest is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She hates Dragonborns with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Halfling compassion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). 2 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Holy water. 4 Acid flasks. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'5" when asserting herself. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

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. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 10000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is singed and shortened. She has hazel eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

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 hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy brass crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sora was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd, and is pretty ugly. Her silver crest is matted, messy, and big. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

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. Ruloth 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. Ruloth decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Solid gold idol (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).