Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her white hair is wavy and long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Money/treasure; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her head has been shaved. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 sp. Rose (60 gp). White pearl (120 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his tan robe and is in decent physical shape. His auburn hair is cut short. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Bather, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Fisher, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Dragonborn compassion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spy, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'11" when asserting herself. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born into a rich family. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His white hair is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Akmen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Akmen. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 pp. Sard (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and white handkerchief worn on her left side. She has shaved her head bald. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp.