Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jillian grew up listening to her mother's many stories. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears skinny pants and wears a green and brown robe with the hood down. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Markosian has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is content

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Adran lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and ruby ring (12000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Sporting a blonde mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: The child of a Healer, who enjoyed hunting, Emen was taken on many hunting expeditions. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a scimitar on his belt. He keeps his brown fur in a flapper bob. His half smiles and yellow eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Serpent was born with his father's beautiful face. Serpent 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Jet (110 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man dresses like a well dressed Layabout does and is in decent physical shape. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his green eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Naal was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She carries with her a set of scythes on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Susannah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Susannah has worked very hard to control her curse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 700 pp. Black pearl (900 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.