Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She got into the Slave Trader business at a young age. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and carries spears. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jarana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, marred by teas. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a monstrous two handed axe, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. He carries with him a set of longbows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He wears his black fur up. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his yellow eyes.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gale fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Simple lock.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has copper crest. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy yellow fur. He tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. His yellow fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Flame fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Standing 4'1", this man wears a brown vest and prefers blue and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his black hair down. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. 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 at the edge of vast desert. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 60 gp. White pearl (60 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, yellow shirt, and brown tie. She sports auburn long hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the north to a Roofer, Ekk learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Religious, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.