Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a robe, a symbol of magic around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. 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: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Nazû was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Nazû decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is wearing a long, green cloak, he is not a threatening figure. His crest is brass and curly. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Mreksh was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Opinionated, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Moonstone (40 gp). Fire opal (1300 gp). Amber (130 gp).

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries kukris. His cinnamon fur is unkempt and raggedy. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Barber born in the past three hundred years. He refers to his adoptive father 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: Born to a Fletcher, his father struggled to pay the bills. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Barber work with an outfit from a few towns over. Barber work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 900 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Shax was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fortune-teller. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'1" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the left. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gold eyes.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and balancing his hectic life and new slave trader responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is black and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and 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, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Keyleth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Commoner, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born in the north. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Now she works as a writing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'7", this woman tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her orange fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her yellow eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a Banker, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Banker, but she was a colossal failure. She struck the Performer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Secretive, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp.