Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her lavender fur is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Through the years after Smoking was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Smoking's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. 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: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she usually wears her violet robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born in the south. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. His red crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mason. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Greethen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 7000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She very much looks the part of a Locksmith. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new locksmith responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He tends to wear a green poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is copper and curly. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Kaladan was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Kaladan took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He is content; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 900 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. Tharivol enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 250 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

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. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Pink pearl (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his dagger with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Tanner. He has worked as a Tanner like his father before him.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.