Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'5". He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and his gloved hand is found clutching a sai. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Kipper is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Rich, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1400 sp. Obsidian (8 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: 6'7" and muscular, this northern man wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. His gray fur is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 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 into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 76. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. Lorilla enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the north to a Bookbinder, Lorilla learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. She has worked as a Bookbinder like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 360 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). White pearl (160 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect her home

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mijira grew up listening to her father's many stories. Mijira abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Extrovert. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears dull black sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Magnifying glass. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears bulky white painted plate armor. His red hair is cut short. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Masseuse arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. He has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 140 gp.