Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a long, red cloak. His silver hair is lengthy. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. After coming to the age of reason, Altho took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has worked as a Guard like his mother before him.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her ears are large.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her mother died while driving off some illithids. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in rapier use. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ishte fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has shaved her head bald. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her longbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Tervaround hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tervaround 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 father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Map Maker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She dresses like a well dressed Animal Trainer does. She has a hunchback. Her hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Rohesia embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in the north to a Animal Trainer, Rohesia learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She tends to her Animal Trainer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a dyer again

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her brown hair is still thick. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eran grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Lidda will drive conversation. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Server

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'8" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His black 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 silver.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Tailor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 cp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).