Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her gold crest is long and unkept. Her eyes are gold and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Arava hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Arava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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.

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is physically well-built. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (90 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 26000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and he perpetually has his hand crossbow ready. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Hunter is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Hunter was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Layabout. His blonde hair is cut short. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 130 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'11". She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull red iron scale mail. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. 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 Painter, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Painter, but he got bored and became a Shipwright. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has black hair. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. The war was a terrible time for her, and Finellen does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. Finellen was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Unemployed. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 700 sp.