Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is wearing a long, blue cloak. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He considers himself the perfect gentleman. He makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Efferil grew up listening to his mother's many stories. In his youth he was a Marshal, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 14000 cp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his trident with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a hunchback. He has no hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Dyer

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

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a red coat with tan slacks. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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 always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Fire opal (700 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mugrunden embodies much of what other species detest in the Dragonborns. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Server

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

Possessions: 310 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears suspenders and violet workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. 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 takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Elves in Mella's homeland. Mella decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new layabout responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Laborer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His yellow fur is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Shivering wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Herbalist but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Shivering was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Herbalist and found it very stressful. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Disciplined, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Red garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.