Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a pastel vest and prefers black and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her fur, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Artistic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His silver hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but he was a colossal failure. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature hand crossbow.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 pp. Moss agate (9 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp).

Description: The light-skinned man stands 6'9" and wears a worn and beaten armor. His white hair is matted, messy, and big. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and grey tie. Her dark red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. His skin is also unnaturally pale. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He found a children's book about a Halfling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jarana grew up listening to her father's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He likes to wear green tank tops with grey pants. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 14th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She wears bulky green painted plate armor. She wears her red hair down. Her fierce silver eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Cartwright work with an outfit from a few towns over. Cartwright work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Cartwright and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp.