Description: This western man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. His clothes are grease stained in places. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Gardener hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Heian grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. With a patchy golden beard and wild golden hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Gold and ruby ring (3000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He dresses like a well dressed Miller does. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but he was a colossal failure. After a long history of fighting, Galinndan and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 30 pp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears baggy white pantaloons and a green scarf. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his right hand. He wears his black hair down. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.