Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the east to a Painter, Elysande learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is brown and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A freak accident while working with his Sage mother left him crippled. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Terse, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 sp. Red spinel (110 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his black crest in a flapper bob. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

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. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he has a crush on the local navigator

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 6'6" western man, he prefers to wear flannel. He has wavy bronze crest. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Tarhun hails from a village terrorized by drow. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Tarhun was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 40 gp. Eye agate (11 gp).

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers black and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is physically well-built. His blue crest is braided into rings. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born in the east to a Spy, Rathkran learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Through the years after Rathkran was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Rathkran's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has worked as a Spy like his father before him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Pyxrin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's in love; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 sp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Gormogord and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a black scarf. He sports a flattop hair cut. His black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Nicor hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.