Description: This fat northern man has a bulbous nose and wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Miner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Miner work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a grey collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her golden hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Ida lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 Sailor. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: She is content; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His fur is cut close to his head. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tree grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Tree. Being a Miner kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and 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

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 2300 gp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a violet tunic with red highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. He wears a small hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a green vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her green boots flare out at the collars. She has blue crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He has moderate length golden hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He keeps his beige fur in a flapper bob. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He got into the Mercenary business at a young age. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Mercenary responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Amber (100 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.