Description: 4'9" and muscular, this southern woman wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is black and curly. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Gomory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and kukris. She keeps her red crest in a pixie cut. She wears a mask on her 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. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Banker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Jet (80 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has a hunchback. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has worked as a Fortune-teller like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1700 sp. White opal (800 gp). 2 Smokesticks. 6 Acid flasks. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Guard. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scimitar.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (140 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carter. He has a hunchback. With a patchy blonde beard and wild blonde hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Red spinel (160 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

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. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Veit was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her black crest is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Oriel is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Oriel was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His fur is short and beige. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Art was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp).