Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is red and very short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. 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: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears baggy green pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her blue hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: 4'10" and muscular, this eastern woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Jezebeth was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jezebeth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her hair is short and brown. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Anne was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Anne has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1400 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a shield on his belt. His bronze crest is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Born in the west to a Sculptor, Rivaan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sculptor for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 pp. Golden pearl (160 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Amber (160 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). White opal (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears his brown hair down. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. 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 several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He's also a talented Navigator, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: In love, Military, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in the north. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Just what you see.