Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She's in love; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Military, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has moderate length brown hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Heian hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp. White pearl (90 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: He wears an entirely grey suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Clerebold studied abroad. He worked as a nervous Animal Trainer and found it very stressful. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a pastel vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her pastel boots flare out at the collars, she is not a threatening figure. Her gray fur is unkempt and raggedy. Her yellow unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When Art reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is golden and curly. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is a Mayor first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Barbarian school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp.