Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. This black eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 280 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a fancy red suit. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. 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 left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is still thick. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. Her beige fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a great chef.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Zook studied abroad. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a Priest soon after.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 19000 sp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Antitoxin. 5 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'3" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Sapply has worked very hard to control his curse. After a long history of fighting, Sapply and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'1". She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and her gloved hand is found clutching a morningstar. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is white and very short. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of a Soapmaker, who enjoyed hunting, Harriet was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Citrine (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull black iron scale mail. His orange fur is thinning but still full. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.