Description: This malnourished man is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his right side. His white hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Horhog 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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of a Performer, who enjoyed hunting, Horhog was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Malachite (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His blue hair is braided into rings. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and doesn't want to be a unemployed and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her brown hair down. Her skin is flawless and her hazel eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Performer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Performer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'2". He wears tattered old clothes, and his gloved hand is found clutching a whip. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Impulsive, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. She wears her white fur up. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Lone is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

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

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a black suit and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Slave Trader, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stableman for the past few years.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She has rusty crest. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Tabaxi people; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 17000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Rose (60 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.