Description: Standing 5'2", this man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His golden hair is braided into rings. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: Aerdeth was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His hair is black and very short. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. 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 would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To protect his home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Criminal record, Guardian. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He has dyed his greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Locksmith profession.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He tends to his Cook job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is content; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Sard (70 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Quarion was born on a far northern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fortune-teller. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 800 pp. Peridot (60 gp). Azurite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'9" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. After a long history of fighting, Paelias and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.