Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 pp. Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Painter uniform. His auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Enialis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Amber (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). White opal (400 gp). Hematite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed longsword, just in case. She carries with her a set of longswords on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sage and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). A small bag of saffron. (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat, and carries glaives. He has no crest. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (12 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy black crest. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

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 has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.