Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, marred by sweets. She has no hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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 south; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her black fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the south were limited. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Shivering never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'9". She wears a blue small hat and blue clothes, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bow. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: He wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. He is physically well-built. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: Brogg hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His parents enrolled him in a Warlock school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'4". He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His hair is short and brown. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Mantus is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1600 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp).

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. He carries with him a set of crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Dreali was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is content

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears black trousers with blue and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her red hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and elven compassion

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older man who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, he is not a threatening figure. His lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Cloak wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, 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 south 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's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She wears just a grey suit. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are brown.

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 Dwarf in existence. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

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. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 230 gp.