Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a Cartwright first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She worked as a nervous Cartwright and found it very stressful. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. She has wavy white fur. Her skin is flawless and her copper eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: River hails from a village terrorized by orcs. At a young age her father died while driving off some orcs. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in glaive use. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Crowbar.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. He wears long strands of sapphire and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

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

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her first spouse was a Hunter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat, and is pretty ugly. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Nelkin embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: 5'9" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He keeps his auburn hair in a flapper bob. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Alexandre was born with his mother's beautiful face. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Alexandre has worked very hard to control his curse. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: He wears an entirely blue suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west to a Barber, Enialis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to raise his children well

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Vondal speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family While he appears to be a normal Dwarf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple tan line shooting up and back down, she is not a threatening figure. Her yellow fur, when down, is lengthy. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. Star ruby (400 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).