Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Merla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Merla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (130 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Juliana is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Juliana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: He stands about 3'8" and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is cut close to his head. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Farmer born in the past three hundred years. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He found a children's book about a Gnome 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 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: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his white hair up. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gifted student she started as a Marshal, but she got bored and became a Barrister. She has worked as a Barrister like her mother before her.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: 3'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is mildly Halfling supremacist, though he does not identify as such. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly kukris and ceremonial daggers. His chestnut hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Frouse isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Amethyst (160 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her black crest up. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Kadana hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 290 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (60 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Callybon speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.