Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Tagga is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She got into the Guard business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available he will default to his shortspear. He has a hunchback. His chestnut hair is singed and shortened. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bucklal has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and longswords. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Loopmottin was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 pp. Sardonyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'7" and muscular, this northern woman is renowned for her bright yellow dresses and hats. Her hair is white and curly. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Hatae was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to be a cartwright again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He is physically well-built. His black crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. Nykkan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the north were limited. He became a Armorer soon after.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Armorer responsibilities is difficult; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. He wears his orange fur up. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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: Tricking lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Tricking 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 Tricking. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Doctor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman usually wears her blue robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 14000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright green suits and hats, and he perpetually has his trident ready. His hair is black and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp.