Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thorin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Thorin 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 is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. She has no hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Jarana has worked very hard to control her curse. She's also a talented Healer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears dull white sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed monstrous two handed axe, just in case. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Ur-Masi lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled father and took his father's old job. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her bastard sword. She keeps her gray fur in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cloud grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears professional attire, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. With wild brown hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top white hat.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Nogu was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His golden hair is lengthy. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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 loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Hobart lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 120 gp. Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her brown hair up. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rose fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. He keeps his white fur in a flapper bob. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 370 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.