Description: This tall, slender man sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the west were limited. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Family, Slave, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 110 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aelar grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 pp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Detective does. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a soapmaker again

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a hunchback. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

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. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a red shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and tan pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born in the west. 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: To reunite with her absent mother; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 40 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail, and she perpetually has her sai ready. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has green eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

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 underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Born to a Mayor, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ilde fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 400 sp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

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 obsessed with his god.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: In love, Family, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of morningstars, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 49. 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 refers to her adoptive mother 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: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'3". He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso, and his gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Carpenter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nákra grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nákra. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp. Obsidian (7 gp).