Description: An older man who wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy auburn hair. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his father's willingness to do anything to win. Being a Sage 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 50 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, brown shirt, and pastel tie. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Citrine (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. He keeps his long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Gnomes.

History: Sapply hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sapply fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to tabaxi people

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and black tie. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length chestnut hair. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Varis grew up listening to his mother's many stories. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Heather was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp.