Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Nora speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears rags and sports a simple walking cane and is in decent physical shape. His black hair is still thick. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy silver hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her druidic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and she is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Mundane. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Interpreter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Curran alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Interpreter and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

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

Possessions: Black pearl (200 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His head has been shaved. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Oskar was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Courier. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears just a violet suit. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears his auburn hair up. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: He got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Standing 6'6", this woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her brass crest in a pixie cut. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She 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. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 350 gp. Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.