Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and curly. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ratlûg was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ratlûg decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he dresses like a well dressed Sellsword does, and is pretty ugly. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Reynard was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Sellsword work with an outfit from a few towns over. Sellsword work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Sellsword responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears suspenders and blue workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born in the south. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Azurite (10 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). 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 usually wears her black robe and has her greatsword always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Rose (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are blue.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Carpenter profession.

History: Tippletoe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 160 pp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's also a talented Spice Merchant, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Sensitive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (11 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. 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, Cask is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp.