Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He keeps his long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He likes to wear violet tank tops with red pants. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 uses divination through singing.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has gray eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he has a crush on the local bowyer

Bonds: Rich, Religious, Attractive, Nature, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her yellow fur in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: She wears a red shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and grey pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tyna isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His long bronze crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion.

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1200 sp. 2 Smokesticks. 1 Antitoxin. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is black and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2000 cp.