Description: Runty and weak-looking, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. His blue hair is heavily combed to the left. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Akmen is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, white shirt, and grey tie. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears grey trousers with pastel and tan striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Alex isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Alex was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Merchant. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a crush on the local Baker; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull green iron scale mail. His gray fur is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Armorer.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 13000 sp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His fur is short and white. He has gleaming, smiling yellow eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. Her crest is silver and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tabaxi activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tabaxi doctor. After a long history of fighting, Nuthra and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Cynical, Antagonistic, Mundane, Racist. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 180 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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 is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Ploughman

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

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around his ears. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Hugh embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Born to a Doctor, his father struggled to pay the bills. He dropped out of school to support his sick father, and resented it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Obsidian (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1400 gp).