Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears violet painted combat armor at almost all times. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is a Performer first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Alex learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a green scarf. She carries with her a set of nunchakus on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat, and is pretty ugly. She has cinnamon fur. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 320 gp. Malachite (12 gp). Sard (50 gp). Emerald (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered yellow hat.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 130 pp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. Shava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 90 gp.