Description: 5'0" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a brown collared shirt and white pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown fur is thinning but still full. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: River was born with his father's beautiful face. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'5". She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. His silver hair is lengthy. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Kugáluga was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (100 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man prefers to wear green clothing when he does not wear armor. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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 comes from a rich southern family. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 80 pp. Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his nunchaku. His crest is short and scarlet. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Kerkad was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She found a children's book about a Tabaxi Rogue who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eva grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.