Description: This southern woman wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (150 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is white and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the west to a Cook, Ahlyssa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Carpenter, but she was a colossal failure. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 2000 sp. Alexandrite (1200 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He prefers to wear yellow clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 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 dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 north. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp).