Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She has moderate length brown hair. She has brown eyes.

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. A true patriot, Yurgunn would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Military, Religious, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Zircon (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Jet (60 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Onyx (70 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Sardonyx (70 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: She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed spear, just in case. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her spear, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her white hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Faral has worked very hard to control her curse. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. Her yellow fur is greasy and uncared for. This yellow eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Quick lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Barrister, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Hematite (11 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a grey costume with the symbols of magic on his torso, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His ears are large.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Gifted from a young age, Thradal studied abroad. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Thradal has worked very hard to control his curse. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is an amazing painter.

History: Manfred was born with his father's beautiful face. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sailor. 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 is unsatisfied with his job; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears green trousers with blue and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of pickaxes on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Lerissa was taken on many hunting expeditions. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Star ruby (700 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Rose (50 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a rapier, but if one is not available he will default to his longbow. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Burto embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp).