Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hlin embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She tends to her Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a grey coat. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the east. 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 has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 sp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her ceremonial dagger with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has no crest. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 40. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 90 gp. White pearl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is brass and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born into a rich family. Vrondiss was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sellsword. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His hair is silver and curly. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Ekemon was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by drow. Ekemon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theobald grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: Many drow want him driven away.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 150 pp.

Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is physically well-built. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Elf in existence. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Healer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Navigator, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 sp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His copper crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ruler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Banded mail.