Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is braided into rings. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He worked as a nervous Map Maker and found it very stressful. He has worked as a Map Maker like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Bonds: Enemies, Military, Job, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He 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. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Broce took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up nunchaku and armor he uses now. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. Coral (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Jasmine learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Mercenary. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with pastel slacks. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large green jacket. He has no crest. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mugrunden grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Mugrunden was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Simple lock.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He carries a battered longbow and tarnished shortspear as well. His hair is silver and curly. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Norûk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He struck the Scribe job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She has orange fur. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a Stylist first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears an entirely tan suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born in the west. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Quarion grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Quarion. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 200 gp. 6 Acid flasks. 3 Holy water.

Description: He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. Nicholas 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.