Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Imsh was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Imsh decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light grey in addition to tight pants, and carries hand crossbows. With wild chestnut hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Slave. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Thiala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 260 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. After coming to the age of reason, Grom took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 90000 cp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Family, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 pp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in the south to a Crown-heir, Bertram learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a healer again

Ideals: Justice, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has dyed her greying cinnamon fur a little too much giving a sharp cinnamon color. She has green eyes.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the east to a Shoemaker, Trail learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tabaxis in Trail's homeland. Trail decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Azurite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Coral (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Amber (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Rose (60 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'11" when asserting herself. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bather business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy copper crest. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a hunchback. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are red.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bellfounder born in the past three hundred years. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a hunter again

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 110 gp.