Description: She is a husky woman, who wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cora grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Blacksmith responsibilities is difficult; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 120 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears tattered old clothes. His hair is brown and curly. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Orthog took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Raer's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1 Average lock. 1 Disguise kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a tan vest and prefers brown and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 cp.

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 wears a worn and beaten armor. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 Seamstress. He has worked as a Seamstress like his mother before him.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and expand his business

Flaws: Racist, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'6". He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: A 6'10" northern man, he dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with black slacks. His fur is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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 is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Elven companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Emeny was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Red spinel (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his long black hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Farmer who has hired him part-time. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when goblins 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 goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many goblins want him driven away.

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Azurite (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.