Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a green coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born in the east to a Blacksmith, Jocelyn learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and red handkerchief worn on his right side. He has a hunchback. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue vest and prefers brown and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: The child of a Spy, who enjoyed hunting, Diggory was taken on many hunting expeditions. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears baggy green pantaloons and a tan scarf. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Simon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Soapmaker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.