Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shanairla grew up listening to her father's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp. Azurite (5 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Mara was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Rangrim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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's also a talented Body Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears skinny pants and wears a blue and black robe with the hood down. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Paela hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a yellow vest and prefers tan and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has done his best to style his auburn hair to look like a famous performer. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: Solomon hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Solomon's homeland. Solomon decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With wild white hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emmeline grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Emmeline abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker black hat.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She has gray eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Kristryd abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Kristryd fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 16000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.