Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Ella was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Eye agate (14 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tattered old clothes. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Joan will drive conversation. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and doesn't want to be a herbalist and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a Guard first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a fancy white dress. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record, Enemies, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.