Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. He has wavy black hair. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 3000 gp. Star rose quartz (50 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a green vest and prefers white and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His scarlet crest is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents were killed by brigands in a raid when he was still a young child. The brigands captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His eyes are a pleasant white.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Forcas was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After a long history of fighting, Forcas and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 44000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Kali speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: Kali was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature scythe.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 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 tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Baker. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her childhood dream was to be a Performer, but she was a colossal failure. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 gp. Hematite (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has moderate length lavender fur. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the north were limited. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. 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: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spy and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Zircon (50 gp).