Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. He has a hunchback. His hair is black and curly. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 60 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jarana is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born in the south. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear white tank tops with grey pants. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He uses divination through singing.

History: Fulbar was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Fulbar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has a very tight haircut. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He worked as a nervous Barkeep and found it very stressful. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: White pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He sports a flattop crest cut. He has red eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. He has no hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beiro grew up listening to his mother's many stories. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Tourmaline (130 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his long white crest kept up in a rat tail. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Donaar abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 60 gp. Obsidian (14 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Born in the south to a Beggar, Manfred learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. Manfred was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Manfred decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Beggar and was forced into it by his family; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a simple violet robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Shanairla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a slave trader and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 80 pp.