Description: She stands about 5'5" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her golden hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a guard again

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: White pearl (140 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his monstrous two handed axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. His auburn hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He comes from a rich western family. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This man wears a yellow shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has black hair. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his top yellow hat.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Human people; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He stands about 6'3" and tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His crest is short and bronze. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Gorbundus 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is wearing a long, tan cloak, marred by teas. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Frouse was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Frouse's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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 he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Buckler.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. With wild chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Hunter father left her crippled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Kristryd is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born in the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Dyer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is short and auburn. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

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. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Helgret took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scimitar and armor she uses now. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).