Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has a hunchback. She wears her black hair up. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Prosperine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Prosperine has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp. Peridot (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is physically well-built. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Through the years after Eleanor was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Eleanor's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is golden and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 30 gp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has blue hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is a great chef.

History: Aym was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. She has achieved small success as a Cartwright.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 31000 sp. Rose (40 gp).

Description: This northern man wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Therai was born on a far northern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bricklayer. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'0" and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized red coat. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is thinning but still full. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Nelkin wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To settle down with his crush.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 180 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Amber (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a green tunic with violet highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. A freak accident while working with his Dyer father left him crippled. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His black hair is heavily combed to the left. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He dresses like a well dressed Fisher does. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is long and black with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. The war was a terrible time for him, and Theriatis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Theriatis was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Theriatis liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 70 gp.