Description: A middle-aged woman, 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, and is pretty ugly. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Ekk hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

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 misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in the north to a Marshal, Smoking learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To protect his home; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight yellow one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is physically well-built. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Dreali was born with his father's beautiful face. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He tends to his Barrister job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barrister and was forced into it by his family; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Moss agate (10 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large black jacket. His brass crest is greasy and uncared for. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Healer. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat and is in decent physical shape. His hair is chestnut and very short. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her head has been shaved. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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 mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears bulky yellow painted plate armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Carter, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Carter, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.