Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Thradal has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'5" and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Theirastra was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Theirastra decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After months of barely getting by, Theirastra managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a worn and beaten armor. Her white fur is long and unkept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (9 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. With bright white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he usually wears his green robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. His crest is short and green. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to pay off his debts

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 50000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He keeps his black crest in a flapper bob. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Fax was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and many illithids want him driven away

Flaws: Insane, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her fur is beige and curly. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Trail wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She got into the Soapmaker business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Soapmaker. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Soapmaker for hire.

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

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. Her lavender fur is greasy and uncared for. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 190 pp. Tourmaline (130 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp).