Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She sports red long hair. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. After months of barely getting by, Stannor managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she tends to wear a large black jacket. Her hair is long and red with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Justice, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears just a blue suit. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears tattered old clothes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He uses divination through singing.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished shield as well. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length cinnamon fur. His eyes are copper.

Personality: He hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered west to less war torn lands. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-elven people

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 6'4" western man, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He keeps his long blue crest kept up in a rat tail. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Direcris is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Mortician. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and money/treasure

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears a white wide-brimmed hat and white clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A true patriot, Jo would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Jo was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has worked as a Marshal like her father before her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp.