Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Shoemaker hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 9000 sp. Carnelian (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she typically wears yellow cloth garments or leather armor. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Dragonborn culture. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. He keeps his bronze crest in a flapper bob. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her crest is cut close to her head. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.