Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on his right hand. His black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born into a rich family. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears skinny pants and wears a black and violet robe with the hood down. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Rieta was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 70 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp).

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this eastern man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: Kelter hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Tabaxi compassion; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Fivin was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His gray fur is knotted and matted. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He tends to his Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20000 sp. Malachite (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.