Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is wavy and long. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Pearl reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Pearl and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has scarlet crest. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kerkad grew up listening to his father's many stories. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Kerkad's homeland. Kerkad decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears long strands of jet and short violet dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His golden hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 sp. Golden pearl (50 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears suspenders and yellow workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and revenge

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tattered pair of loose pastel pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has no fur. She has green eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a hunchback. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has slicked back silver hair. Her brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She got into the Layabout business at a young age. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a Layabout soon after.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 6000 sp.