Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her blue hair is long and unkept. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tiefling companion (her 'brother'). 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: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Philomena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels the way she 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: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy silver hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Neega lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fisher and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp).

Description: He wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his hammer, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. His hair is short and white. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Locksmith, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Dain abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his silver hair down. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gilthur grew up listening to his father's many stories. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Rivaan abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2700 sp. 2 Holy water. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He wears professional attire. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 sp. Amethyst (90 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has wavy red hair. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Beiro grew up listening to his mother'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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sekhmet grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sekhmet. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 gp. Hematite (5 gp).