Description: This southern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has blue eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to protect her home

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: Ubada is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His brown fur is heavily combed to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'4" and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Crown-heir business.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tabaxi companion (his 'brother'). He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 250 pp. Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Zircon (70 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries with her a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears her black hair up. 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 swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Liftrasa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying west to reunite his family. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her beige fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are green and beady.

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 seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

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. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tabaxis became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Sweet and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Rose (20 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She keeps her yellow fur in a pixie cut. 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 unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Cloud hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has wavy white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Arumawann is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Arumawann was born the youngest of three triplets. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Barrister they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Blacksmith and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 800 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (80 gp).