Description: He has a missing left leg. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Alberich abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30000 cp. Black pearl (800 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a pastel coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. He sports a flattop fur cut. His ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Nimble was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bather. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 50 pp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly ceremonial daggers and daggers. His lavender fur is knotted and matted. His ears are large.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

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. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Dragonborn companion (his 'brother'). 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Barbena was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Galiena hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Fire opal (1600 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She uses divination through singing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Black pearl (800 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and black tie. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. 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's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 9000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Jade (120 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). White opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sard (50 gp). Azurite (5 gp).