Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a black vest and prefers violet and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His black hair is braided into rings. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in the south to a Banker, Iados learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has taken up work as a Banker and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Hematite (7 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His orange fur is heavily combed to the right. His yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Flame embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a blue shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants, marred by sweets. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Laucian was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is his passion; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 pp. Jasper (60 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a white and green robe with the hood down. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She hates Half-Orcs with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and tabaxi compassion

Flaws: Racist, Shy, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1600 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His gold eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker green hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his painting with anyone who is interested.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Roofer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Apothecary, and he later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Detective. 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 in the east. In her 18th 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. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'4" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His hair is short and auburn. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Traki fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull white iron scale mail, he is not a threatening figure. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ribbles grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ribbles. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.