Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is physically well-built. With bright red hair. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Hadwisa is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Hadwisa was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on his right side. His blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise brown. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a pastel cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She keeps her gray fur in a flapper bob. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Aura abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a pastel tunic with white highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and falchions. His fur is short and gray. He is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

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

Possessions: 3000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Jet (110 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bryseis embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and hand crossbows. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a grey vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his grey boots flare out at the collars. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.