Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His gray fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. While he appears to be a normal Tabaxi, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Insane, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries with him a set of kukris on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His white eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired him part-time. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Akmen was born with his father's beautiful face. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has a crush on the local apothecary

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Citrine (70 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Miller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears professional attire. Her crest is short and green. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Blendaeth was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. Black star sapphire (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a grey collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his sai, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Terse, Forgetful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Sellsword, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Dûgza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 41000 sp. Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. He is physically well-built. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Sage kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Mundane, Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Tourmaline (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her white hair up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Keyleth was raised in a hard working conservative environment. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tattered old clothes. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She is baby faced.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.