Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She tends to wear a large red jacket. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Vani fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Baker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 sp. Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Scribe. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Scribe responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a green costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Direcris will drive conversation. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp).

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He carries a battered club and tarnished bastard sword as well. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are green.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. Star rose quartz (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and is renowned for his bright yellow suits and hats. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. 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: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 sp.