Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She 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. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp. Hematite (14 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (160 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1500 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. Her crest is red and very short. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Gilkass was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Barbarian, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Barbarian in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a pastel costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His orange fur has been sun bleached extensively. His copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Malachite (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 43. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Gomory was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a tan shirt, with a grey mid length shorts with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 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 wears a green armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Gadreel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After months of barely getting by, Gadreel managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Jasper (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Onyx (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She sports tan clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Birel was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Brewer. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When Vadania reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp).