Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her head has been shaved. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Heather 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. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Heather alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a yellow cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She wears her red hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Beatrice was born on a far southern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bricklayer. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

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

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: She wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sickle, just in case. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Merchant but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Aline never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian, In love. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Azurite (9 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Beatrice embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Beatrice was born the youngest of three triplets. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 pp.