Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Family, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a pastel scarf. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Xanaphia 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 Xanaphia. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Military, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 14000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a green shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them and is in decent physical shape. His brass crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1300 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. To his fellows he 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: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Erdan was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Erdan's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Buckler. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Hunter. Her black 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 acts crazy and hedonistic. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Commoner who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 170 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 47. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Sumnes has worked very hard to control her curse. 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. Sumnes 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.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Selfish, Disease. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Good lock.