Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baern grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Baern. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: Sard (70 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She carries a battered sai and tarnished shortbow as well. She wears her black hair down. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a yellow scarf. His hair is short and blue. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). 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 obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 290 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, tan shirt, and blue tie. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west to a Butcher, Agatha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Butcher. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Agatha fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Amber (50 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His golden hair is cut short. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 95. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Animal Trainer for the past few years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sculptor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her red hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines white.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Astaro fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has a very tight haircut. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Nora is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (160 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: He was born in the south. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 10 pp.