Description: This woman stands a little under 6'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her first spouse was a Fortune-teller, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is silver and curly. Her silver eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Ea speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Ea 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: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Guard, and is pretty ugly. With bright chestnut hair. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her small black hat.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Ootah has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Healer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 700 sp. Azurite (5 gp). Sard (30 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great joy in being the best Apothecary in town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This northern man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a very tight haircut. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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-brother.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the north were limited. After a long history of fighting, Harbek and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp. Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears pastel leather gloves, a pastel jacket, and tight pants. Her orange fur is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a Gardener first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sweet studied abroad. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 cp. Citrine (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Armorer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp. Onyx (30 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a green shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has gold crest. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Hillanot was born with her mother's beautiful face. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.