Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She keeps her purple hair in a pixie cut. Her silver eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nedda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on her right hand. Her beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His black hair is long and unkept. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beiro grew up listening to his father's many stories. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He tends to wear a large brown jacket. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

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 helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This tall, slender man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Nedda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Nedda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body and is in decent physical shape. He wears a colorful flower in his red hair. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.