Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with violet slacks. He carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished dagger as well. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Sculptor. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to be a bather again

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing a long, white cloak. He has no hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ralf grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Carnelian (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 4'10" southern woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp.