Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Claira was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

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

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. After coming to the age of reason, Sariel took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 140 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Good lock.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She is a Lycanthrope in disguise. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She struck the Detective job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His first spouse was a Knight, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to unite with his sister

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Family, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1200 sp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a black vest and prefers green and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has done her best to style her scarlet crest to look like a famous performer. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 70. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nala grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this southern man wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has dark red hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Sailor born in the past three hundred years. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Barakas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barakas 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 Barakas. He has worked as a Sailor like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sailor responsibilities is difficult; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Deep green spinel (160 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'5". He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and his gloved hand is found clutching a mace. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.