Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is golden, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a red cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She was raised in a plains tribe. She was taken from her home at a very young age. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Stylist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. After coming to the age of reason, Dalaba took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to protect her home

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has wavy brown hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Manfred and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 90 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

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 bulky grey painted plate armor. She has wavy brown hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Ruler profession.

History: She got into the Architect business at a young age. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Architect, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Citrine (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a green shirt with thin black vertical stripes and pastel pants. She has styled her black crest well, parting it to the left. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Eggren 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. Eggren decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She keeps her silver crest in a flapper bob. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Jaxi was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Masseuse. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. His crest is blue and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Kerkad was born with his mother's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is typically in his Locksmith uniform. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair is red and curly. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

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. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Ahvain was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 sp.