Description: She is in excellent shape and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The war was a terrible time for her, and Sorath does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp).

Description: A 6'2" northern man, he wears tattered old clothes. He has done his best to style his lavender fur to look like a famous performer. His yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Serpent lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to goblins.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears long strands of amethyst and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her white crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Hillanot is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Amethyst (80 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. 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 is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Chenna was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1 Thunderstones.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is portly but not overly obese. He has shaved his head bald. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. Oppleby enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born to a Laborer, his father struggled to pay the bills. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 gp.