Description: He is lean but muscular and tends to wear a large green jacket. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He bought a dagger and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His head has been shaved. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Thomas speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Blue sapphire (900 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Peridot (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Religious, Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1100 pp. Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Malachite (8 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Citrine (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Pennie was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warrior, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warrior in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Pennie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Shadow was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She carries with her a set of rapiers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gifted from a young age, Quick studied abroad. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male likes to wear grey tank tops with violet pants. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he very much looks the part of a Mayor, and is pretty ugly. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Animal Trainer profession.

History: Beloril was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Beloril 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 Beloril. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Animal Trainer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his yellow fur down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. A friendly and beautiful Tabaxi, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born in the west to a Slave Trader, Shivering learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. A gifted student he started as a Priest, but he got bored and became a Slave Trader. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Shivering never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 sp. Hematite (13 gp). White opal (1500 gp).