Description: This exceptionally lanky man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ruler. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. He moved out east to avoid the crime he committed. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Flaws: Insane, Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Citrine (70 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears skinny pants and wears a grey and red robe with the hood down. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Ermina reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears a violet shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Isabella grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A freak accident while working with her Beggar mother left her crippled. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. 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: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.