Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. Being a Guard kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rhodochrosite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 4'11" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a blue tunic with black highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Naeris abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1800 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. His black hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Animal Trainer business.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. Lamlis was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Animal Trainer. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Raer enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature kukri.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 20000 cp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Weaver, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Zircon (30 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Jet (150 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp).