Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 47000 sp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a simple red robe with blue stripes complete with hood. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Howard hails from a village terrorized by brigands. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'2" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Thava was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to pay off her debts

Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Poor, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 2'10" and muscular, this western man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His brown hair, when down, is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bucklal has worked very hard to control his curse. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Coral (90 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his shield with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'6" when asserting himself. His white fur is braided into rings. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears tattered old clothes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Tabaxi in existence. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, River is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and dragonborn compassion

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp. Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tan shirt with thin red vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 400 gp.