Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Peridot (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a pastel tunic with grey highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur is short and red. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her childhood dream was to be a Animal Trainer, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has white fur. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the north to a Fortune-teller, Reddlepop learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and balancing her hectic life and new fortune-teller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears tattered old clothes. She has moderate length white fur. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. 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 she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is a Yochlol in disguise. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Chalcedony (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His blue hair is knotted and matted. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.