Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he tends to wear a large white jacket. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Glassblower

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, brown shirt, and black tie. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Zykroff liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; 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

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 17000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Cask lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cask liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his gray fur down. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Art lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. 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. Art fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp. Star ruby (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Sensitive, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 1500 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1700 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp).

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is renowned for her bright violet dresses and hats. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Chaedi's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Chaedi was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Golden pearl (140 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

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. 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Forgetful, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fisher. His rusty crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Hirrathak hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A freak accident while working with his Bather mother left him crippled. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against brigands; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.