Description: This woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is silver and curly. She has a dull look in her blue 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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Traulam was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this western woman wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a trident, but if one is not available she will default to her greatsword. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has red hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes drow are coming to abduct people. He takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He became a Shepherd soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: She wears a grey coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She is portly but not overly obese. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: Tordrid 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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is content; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a tan vest and prefers pastel and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length golden hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is lengthy. His black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Valafar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of a Fisher, who enjoyed hunting, Valafar was taken on many hunting expeditions. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Valafar has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: 6'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her silver crest is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Jheri 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 great chef.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Courier hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: He wears bulky green painted plate armor. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and bastard swords. His hair is purple and curly. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Zepar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, black cloak. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Bathin was born the youngest of three triplets. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Bathin took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up ceremonial dagger and armor he uses now. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is content; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp.