Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Shoemaker born in the past three hundred years. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gifted student he started as a Hunter, but he got bored and became a Shoemaker. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: 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 has moderate length brown hair. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Interpreter. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 150 pp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is renowned for her bright blue dresses and hats. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Carpenter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Carpenter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her brown fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Edge fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp).

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a Seamstress, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ploughman.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Moss agate (11 gp). Coral (80 gp). Iolite (60 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a black shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'4" and dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a white coat with violet slacks. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. He has auburn hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 320 gp.