Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vorka will drive conversation. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vorka studied abroad. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Slave. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: 6'5" and muscular, this southern woman wears a green armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears skinny pants and wears a blue and brown robe with the hood down. She has red hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Ellywick was born on a far northern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Herbalist. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her tied-back hair is silver. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Bolhild alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, blue shirt, and pastel tie. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished lance as well. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Gifted from a young age, Juliana studied abroad. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Juliana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her white hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Pennie isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Slave Trader, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to be a slave trader again

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is long and black with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of a Servant, who enjoyed hunting, Rinn was taken on many hunting expeditions. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 30 gp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his grey robe. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Guard but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp.