Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She carries a battered hammer and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Balifra hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Architect for hire.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1100 sp.

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 large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is cut short. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Helen was born with her mother's beautiful face. When Helen reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available he will default to his warhammer. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Adam will drive conversation. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Adam was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Bookbinder, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she sports grey clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has moderate length silver hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His hair is chestnut and curly. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Gnarsh will drive conversation. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Gnarsh was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Baker. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her hair is white and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 78. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When Zagga reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This younger middle-aged man dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Half-Plate.