Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents enrolled him in a Bard school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp).

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Grûblik alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears blue trousers with brown and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Sard (80 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sard (80 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: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This violet eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born into a rich family. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Barbarian who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'4" and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, PTSD. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. His copper crest is lengthy. This gold eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).