Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and pastel robe with the hood down. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shoemaker arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, white cloak. He is physically well-built. He wears his auburn hair down. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Joker, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Raspy

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

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'0". He typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor, and his gloved hand is found clutching a ceremonial dagger. His blonde hair is cut short. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Thorin is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Thorin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has dyed her greying gold crest a little too much giving a sharp gold color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: To be a Shoemaker again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 90 gp. Rose (20 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has wavy white fur. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Shivering embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He found a children's book about a Tabaxi Adept 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 spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This dark-skinned female is dressed in a clean yellow cloak covering her clean studded leather. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Mercenary. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for her, and Aline does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She became a Mercenary soon after.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.