Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a long, blue cloak. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is an amazing painter.

History: Gifted from a young age, Matilda studied abroad. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: He wears a red shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and grey pants. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With a patchy auburn beard and wild auburn hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His childhood dream was to be a Dilettante, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His hair is silver and very short. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp. Emerald (400 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.