Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. Anselm 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 became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fancy red dress. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Blacksmith father left her crippled. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: 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; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Star ruby (1600 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the west to a Laborer, Robert learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin 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: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Theodoric managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).