Description: This man stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. He has wavy golden hair. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'8" and muscular, this southern woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her chestnut hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rosalind fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears pastel cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Scribe. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tattered pair of loose grey pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs and is in decent physical shape. He has a very tight haircut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Kyle was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 gp.