Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her crest is red and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Scribe but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Surina abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Many goblins want her driven away; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has silver hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her fur, while still mostly beige, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born into a rich family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 240 pp. Citrine (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp).