Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His green crest is still thick. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born into a rich family. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tan vest and prefers blue and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 west; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull yellow iron scale mail. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a Baker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. 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: He got into the Baker business at a young age. His druidic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and balancing his hectic life and new baker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 plays an instrument quite well.

History: Elysande was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Miner, but she got bored and became a Fortune-teller. She tends to her Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Miner again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing, marred by beers. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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 Weaver. She became a Weaver soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He 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. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Thorin is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 30000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He keeps his brown hair in a pixie cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Roland hails from a village terrorized by illithids. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Roland was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Beast reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 180 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Zircon (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.