Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her yellow fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, River embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. He is baby faced.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Jet (60 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Coral (60 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. Her hair is silver and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shipwright. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He wears a fancy yellow suit, and carries bows. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Immeral was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Brewer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Brewer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Silk rope.