Description: This southern man wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is brown, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is an amazing painter.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Broce was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Mercenary. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her broad blue hat.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Depressed, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1300 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Traulam liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To be a Mortician again; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3 Thunderstones. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a pastel vest and prefers grey and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black fur is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Three was born the youngest of three triplets. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt, and carries axes. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

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

History: Born in the east to a Painter, Makaria learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Painter and found it very stressful. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is knotted and matted. He has amber eyes.

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. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Tharivol was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Tharivol has worked very hard to control his curse. During his travels, Tharivol and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tharivol discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tharivol fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Slave, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a brown vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his brown boots flare out at the collars. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is silver and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Pacifist, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2100 gp. Golden pearl (100 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amber (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp).