Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her chestnut hair is still thick. She has gleaming, smiling brown 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. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her tied-back hair is white. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She married young, but lost her spouse to dire rats. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and balancing her hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 36000 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a fancy blue suit. His hair is brown and very short. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He uses divination through singing.

History: Nim was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 cp. Peridot (30 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her red hair up. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Eva was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 700 sp. Deep green spinel (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His hair is chestnut and curly. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a Laborer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 18th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Roland alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and wears long strands of jet and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair is golden and very short. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

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. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. 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: Seeks redemption; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.