Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her blonde hair is well kept. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. 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. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Beatrice was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 13000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull red iron scale mail. He keeps his long blue hair kept up in a rat tail. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Zepar is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Zepar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman very much looks the part of a Mortician. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 became a Mortician soon after.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This man loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She stands about 3'11" and wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Barbena was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

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

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 3000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'5" and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her long cinnamon fur kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is mildly Tabaxi supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Gnomish activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Gnomish doctor. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1800 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Gifted from a young age, Ida studied abroad. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 18000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.