Description: This tall, slender man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He wears his auburn hair up. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Frederick was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Frederick decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. 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 is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. He has no hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mortician and was forced into it by his family; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 15000 sp. Malachite (15 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Don fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a whip on his belt. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes dart from person to person.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Map Maker business.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 gp.