Description: An older man who wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a warhammer, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is purple and very short. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Iados was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is cut close to his head. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Therai hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Raer's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Average lock. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Seamstress. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and expand his business

Flaws: Racist, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'6". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A 6'10" northern man, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. His fur is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Emeny was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Farmer who has hired him part-time. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away.

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.