Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, marred by teas. His silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 13000 cp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a pastel coat and is in decent physical shape. His yellow fur has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 pp. Banded agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her orange fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Dynamic hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 210 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing a long, white, dusty cloak. With wild red hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Arha was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Arha decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 4000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries a battered lance and tarnished bastard sword as well. Her white crest is braided into rings. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dragonborns in Hillanot's homeland. Hillanot decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hillanot fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His black hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Merihim managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, he made his way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'3" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is wavy and long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 3000 cp. Onyx (40 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries a battered shield and tarnished warhammer as well. She has no hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, 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: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insane. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Silk rope.