Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. This red eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Iados is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He wears black trousers with grey and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length gold crest. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Shy, Insane. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 pp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a brown vest and prefers blue and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Nalral liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, pastel shirt, and white tie. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She wears a grey collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Hunter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a nunchaku and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length black hair. This violet eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).