Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and black pants. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His ears are large.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but he was a colossal failure. He struck the Crown-heir job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp).

Description: He wears dull tan sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed lance, just in case. He wears his blonde hair up. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black shirt with thin white vertical stripes and brown pants. His gold crest is greasy and uncared for. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Quarethon is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Quarethon was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 120000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: 5'11" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of giants

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 270 pp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.