Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered tan hat.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He wears a green vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his green boots flare out at the collars. He carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished mace as well. He wears his red hair down. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He hates goblins. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Mantus was born with his father's beautiful face. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1400 sp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 5'6" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a fancy yellow suit. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Raymond fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is golden and curly. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is mildly Human supremacist, though she does not identify as such. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Blue quartz (6 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. A true patriot, Grûblik would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: The child of a Mayor, who enjoyed hunting, Grûblik was taken on many hunting expeditions. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Spy uniform. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. He has brown eyes and a white hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Damien will drive conversation. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Damien was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Spy. He has worked as a Spy like his mother before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spy responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Extrovert, Joker. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His tied-back hair is red. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is baby faced.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Antinua embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Tailor and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.