Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He dresses like a well dressed Butcher does. His red fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are yellow and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 gp. Emerald (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Jacinth (2000 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a blue shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and red pants. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is wearing a long, yellow cloak. Sporting a red mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ernest embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Barrister, her father struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 pp. Carnelian (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Amber (100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears professional attire. His red hair is braided into rings. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Navigator. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her shield with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her father struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Healer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.