Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He is physically well-built. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rose (80 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Carnelian (80 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears professional attire. His fur is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He hates Tabaxis with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Smoking was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears professional attire. She has wavy chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). Citrine (80 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She has a hunchback. Her red hair is braided into rings. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nyx isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nyx 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 Nyx. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her head has been shaved. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Dariff has worked very hard to control her curse. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His bronze crest is lengthy. His gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Gifted from a young age, Vrondiss studied abroad. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he has a crush on the local carter

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears professional attire, and carries spears. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Ulfgar's homeland. Ulfgar decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). White opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 greatsword on her belt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sariel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.