Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is an amazing painter.

History: Born in the east to a Mortician, Mreksh learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. 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 Mortician. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His auburn hair is lengthy. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has styled his purple hair well, parting it to the left. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Valafar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He carries with him a set of bastard swords, each one with a jet on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His bronze crest, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Torinn was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Through the years after Torinn was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Torinn's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Maegan lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she is greedy

Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A 4'8" western woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her eyes are gray and beady.

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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to protect her home

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This western woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Nicholas 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to reunite with his absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull violet iron scale mail. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Himo grew up listening to his father's many stories. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Ideals: Joker, Justice, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.