Description: This exceptionally lanky woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has wavy brown hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Veloptima was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and she perpetually has her hammer ready. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Helja was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Ploughman. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. Her red fur is heavily combed to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Tharivol was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 90 gp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Silaqui is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Wrenn embodies much of what other species detest in the Gnomes. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Wrenn was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. 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: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy brown hair. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She feeds upon the attention of others.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Whurdred took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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: To reunite with her absent father; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, he tends to wear a large white jacket. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with his old friends

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.