Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He is an epitome of beauty. He has a very tight haircut. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Zook was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He found a children's book about a Gnome Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. His golden hair is singed and shortened. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A true patriot, Arannis would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Arannis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed violet hat.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Dreali hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He dresses like a well dressed Barrister does. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: Gale was born the youngest of three triplets. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Barrister for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a simple pastel robe with blue stripes complete with hood, and is pretty ugly. He has wavy white fur. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is his passion; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He sports a flattop crest cut. This red eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Nykkan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dragonborns in the east were limited. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His crest, while still mostly green, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his singing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (90 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

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. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Nora grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Nora. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears long strands of amber and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.