Description: This late middle aged woman wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Amber (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp). Sard (30 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Jet (60 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Jet (60 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a red deerstalker hat and red clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She is bald on top and has large blonde tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born into a rich family. Paela liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 4000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Azurite (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a white shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Philomena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Through the years after Philomena was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Philomena's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Sard (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his golden hair up. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Alston abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1200 pp. Zircon (30 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is auburn and curly. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. On top of that he is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to his employer will always come first he doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Fonkin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age his mother died while driving off some drow. His father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train him in kukri use. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1200 pp. Black opal (1600 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has a hunchback. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Adam's homeland. Adam decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adam fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 7000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears her blonde hair down. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 pp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Jade (110 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).