Description: This eastern man is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Aura liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs and is in decent physical shape. He has no fur. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Flame's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a hunchback. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many orcs want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor, she is not a threatening figure. She sports a flattop crest cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears skinny pants and wears a grey and black robe with the hood down. He has a hunchback. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears just a black suit. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is black and very short. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ruler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Shipwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Arara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She bought a bastard sword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp. 3 Smokesticks.