Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Pyra is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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. A freak accident while working with her Herbalist father left her crippled. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 900 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Gomory was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. She struck the Layabout job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears bulky pastel painted plate armor. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length lavender fur. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Debt. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the east to a Tailor, Aline learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Ahinar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 pp. Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Gifted from a young age, Oolah studied abroad. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. Red garnet (150 gp). Rose (30 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Peridot (30 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Black opal (1000 gp).