Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a blue vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her blue boots flare out at the collars. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nissa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Nissa was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 110 gp. Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has done his best to style his purple hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are white and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: Raam hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a blue vest and prefers violet and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Orryn is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He very much looks the part of a Fisher. He wears his gray fur down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Left-Handed abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature spear.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 350 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her white fur is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: Harvest hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. Harvest enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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 family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This northern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Iados embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Iados was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has a very tight haircut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Urshar hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears an entirely brown suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her yellow fur is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Three was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is white and curly. She has silver eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Scribe who has hired her part-time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Astaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.