Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is blonde and very short. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Mella was taken on many hunting expeditions. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Glassblower. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Peridot (70 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His brown hair is lengthy. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Human culture. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Dyer, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He has worked as a Mercenary like his mother before him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Disease, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has moderate length blonde hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Vondal was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is short and black. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the west to a Layabout, Vicky learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A freak accident while working with her Stylist mother left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2700 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown fur is singed and shortened. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (7 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp).

Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears dull white sweaters, loose yellow pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed flail, just in case. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is auburn and curly. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His white hair is singed and shortened. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A freak accident while working with his Priest mother left him crippled. During his travels, Taklinn and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Taklinn discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Taklinn fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has worked as a Performer like her father before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp.