Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, violet cloak. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. He has brown eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 900 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Bûth is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bûth was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man very much looks the part of a Shepherd. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has amber eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Rael hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Rael's homeland. Rael decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shepherd for the past few years.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 5000 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his scimitar. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Fenriz was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Fenriz grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Fenriz. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp).