Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Rurik 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 raised in a forest tribe. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. 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.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gifted student she started as a Banker, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp).

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on his left hand. He wears a colorful flower in his black hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. 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 is greedy; and expand his business

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Malachite (7 gp). Jade (130 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Pink diamond (5000 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Emerald (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She has dyed her greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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 passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

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. Skirt was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 7000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She usually wears her violet robe and has her flail always slung over her shoulder. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Zircon (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. 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 son.

History: Heather was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.