Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is short and blue. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 glaive.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. He has moderate length dark red hair. His black eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tiefling conditions. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a grey vest and prefers black and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Emmeline has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear flannel. She has no fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Shivering was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is thinning but still full. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Black pearl (700 gp). Azurite (7 gp).