The cast of the Pathfinder game in which I presently play!

Esamu, the Tengu Samurai! Displaced from his home dimension, this charismatic Tengu operated as a ronin, serving no lord, but has amassed an entire mercenary brigade who operate under the banner of the Flaming Blades. Esamu is reserved and observant, prone to waiting for opportune moments to strike in combat. It was only after meeting the Ruling Council of Gritoch that he pledged his service, and that of his mercenary brigade, to their service, acting as Minister of Defense. He takes his honor deadly serious and any infractions are met with hostility. Serious assaults on his honor warrant an attack from the Tengu.

Rednif Htap, the Dhampir Sorcerer! Part of the original group who found themselves captured and on a slave ship bound for foreign ports. Believing the best defense is a good offense is this half-human, half-vampire's creed. He's prone to acts of kindness, but on the whole, he obeys the law with no special treatment for good or evil men. He has very few spells that are not intended to cause powerful amounts of damage to his enemies and his crowning achievement was when he single-handedly strangled a Kraken with nothing but a simple choking spell. He serves on the Gritoch Council and operates as Minister of Magic and Chief Diplomat. He often makes dry, witty remarks about whatever situation the group finds themselves in and is yet to encounter a situation that has made him lose his cool.

Cassiel Duskpath, the Half-Sun Elf, Half-Lycanthrope Ranger! Born to a pair of adventurers, an Elven Druid and a Human Fighter, Cassiel is a child of two worlds. Her father was bitten by a demonic werewolf and unknowingly passed this trait on to his daughter, who was born a snarling fiend. Only after pleading with the grove in which they lived, was Cassiel cleansed of the demonic taint, her form stabilizing on the halfway mark between sapient and beast. She grew up, becoming a ranger and mastering the art of ranged combat, becoming a master marksman with her composite longbow. Eventually she left home to find her long lost father, who had left shortly after she was cured of her taint in order to protect his daughter and wife. She became wealthy, powerful and both respected and feared, but none of that mattered to her until she could find her father. She serves on Gritoch's ruling council as Minister of Internal Peacekeeping and as Chief Justice.

Fate, the Planeswalker Rogue! Part of the impossibly ancient and mysterious race known only as the Planeswalkers, this entity did not reveal its true nature to the group until the proverbial cat was out of the bag. It operates with the group as a rogue and infiltrator, but its true motives are more mysterious... It is capable of taking the form of any species, of any gender, so long as it consumes the heart of a member of the species. It has no gender itself, interacting with the group with a variety of different faces. But all forms serve one purpose, and that is yet to be revealed to the group of comrades who have long trusted Fate with their lives.

Keiran, the Gnoll Paladin! When the Order of the Silver Weasel, a paladin order that takes in all the other orders' rejects, dropouts and washouts eliminated a Gnoll stronghold, they came across a nursery where one baby Gnoll had survived. The paladins, though astute in their belief that orphans are high-risk factors for villainy, took in the infant and impressed upon him the virtues of nobility, charity and vigilance against evil. Athwart his nature, Keiran grew into a gentle-hearted and kind warrior of the light... although he'd never swung his sword to do anything besides shooing rats out of the kitchen before meeting the group... He joined the group after they helped him defeat a menace and serves on the ruling council of Gritoch as Minister of Religion.

And behind them all, the immortal monster, Mondain, who is attempting to crack open the secrets of the universe, one world at a time, star by star...

Artwork by the extremely talented Jaeh!