Description: This tall, slender man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 290 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (20 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'10" when asserting herself. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Joan isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Banker father left her crippled. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Hlin isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hlin has worked very hard to control her curse. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This northern woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is brown and curly. Her black eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). During her travels, Astaro and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Astaro discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Astaro fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1300 sp. Golden pearl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). White pearl (80 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. His hair is white and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Tordek was born the youngest of three triplets. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This eastern man is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His clothes are grease stained in places. His orange fur is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Aura 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a grey vest and prefers black and grey shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His hair is long and black with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has a hunchback. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Torz hails from a village terrorized by drow. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: A 2'11" northern man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His brown hair is cut short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Calcitro was born the youngest of three triplets. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.