Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes orcs are coming to abduct people. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sweet studied abroad. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Sweet alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Average lock.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her auburn hair is lengthy. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was a Servant, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1800 sp. Azurite (11 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, blue cloak and is in decent physical shape. She wears her black hair up. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has worked as a Shepherd like her father before her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Debt, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: 2'11" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a red wide-brimmed hat and red clothes. She has no hair. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

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. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has worked as a Glassblower like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Brottor was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He struck the Masseuse job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her flail, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no crest. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Pogranix was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Pogranix 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 Pogranix. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Tordek will drive conversation. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Tordek hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Tordek alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His silver hair is cut short. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a Bellfounder first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He got into the Bellfounder business at a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich western family. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dragonborn activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dragonborn doctor. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish, Racist, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Simple lock.