Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and carries crossbows. He has no hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bather who has hired him part-time. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rurik grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His beige fur is heavily combed to the left. His eyes are blue.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cask embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Cask was born the youngest of three triplets. Cask was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Cask decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Dilettante kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She tends to wear a large violet jacket. With wild silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Sard (50 gp). Jade (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Healer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 gp. Jet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a green coat with pastel slacks. He has a very tight haircut. He has brown eyes.

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

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He bought a crossbow and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 sp. Onyx (80 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Halflings. His skin is light but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Tailor who has hired him part-time. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Guard; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). White pearl (50 gp).

Description: This man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His hair is cut close to his head. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born in the east. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. 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: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.