Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is physically well-built. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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 has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Aura reached her early adolescence her Tabaxi father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 sp. Iolite (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: A 3'0" western man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. His purple hair is still thick. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp).

Description: He wears a blue deerstalker hat and blue clothes. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is long and silver with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (900 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: The child of a Bookbinder, who enjoyed hunting, Siffress was taken on many hunting expeditions. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She bought a dagger and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She is baby faced.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shax was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Barkeep hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: She wears a black costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her rusty crest has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: She wears suspenders and yellow workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy yellow leather apron most of the time. She carries a battered bastard sword and tarnished greatsword as well. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes., and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Elves.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aramil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp).