Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. She has a hunchback. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. Her rusty crest is matted, messy, and big. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Kadana is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

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

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He prefers to wear blue clothing when he does not wear armor. His long auburn hair reaches down to his waist. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Hadarai was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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 wants revenge against illithids; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A 6'2" northern man, he is dressed in a clean green cloak covering his clean studded leather. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the north to a Bricklayer, Pandjed learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has black hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Rinn's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Rinn was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he tends to wear a large tan jacket. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Aramil does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her black fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Seven was born the youngest of three triplets. Seven was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Cook. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Superior lock.