Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He 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. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Iolite (60 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is physically well-built. With bright golden hair. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Sarah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her white hair up. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Naamah will drive conversation. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 30 gp. White pearl (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. 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 Cook. He's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Amber (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Paela was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears a worn and beaten armor. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is short and red. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He can't help but pocket interesting objects he comes across

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Roofer.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 90 gp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His chestnut hair is still thick. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Pelaios is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Pelaios was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this southern woman wears a brown collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Layabout for hire.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has silver hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Avelina studied abroad. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Marshal. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.