Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Emma hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (40 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His black hair is still thick. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a violet vest and prefers grey and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is portly but not overly obese. She has silver hair. She wears a mask on her face.

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. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Elysande grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Elysande was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Elysande decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His hair is chestnut and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Resh is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'5" and wears just a tan suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He takes great joy in being the best Sellsword in town.

History: Kipper hails from a village terrorized by drow. His first spouse was a Stableman, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a pastel coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He keeps his white fur in a pixie cut. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gifted from a young age, Cloud studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dwarven companion (his 'brother'). Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Holy water.

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 a green vest and prefers brown and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. A true patriot, Arava would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rose (40 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Half-Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.