Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is chestnut and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shipwright. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. 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. Orsik fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. Her lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her fierce copper eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Flame was born the youngest of three triplets. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Citrine (20 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Chad was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 cp. 3 Thunderstones.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'7". She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Stableman, and her gloved hand is found clutching a whip. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Oriff was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A freak accident while working with her Gardener father left her crippled. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 cp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many grey ritualistic tattoos. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Sculptor business at a young age. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 80 gp. Deep green spinel (120 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Sensitive, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His blonde hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 gp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a black scarf. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and many orcs want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 140 gp.