Description: An older woman who wears a yellow Stetson hat and yellow clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Sariel lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Sariel was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a bricklayer and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines yellow.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Cloak embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cloak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After a long history of fighting, Cloak and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 240 pp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Dariff embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

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 necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 180 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, tan shirt, and black tie and is in decent physical shape. His gold crest is heavily combed to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3100 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sekhmet hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 500 gp. Silver pearl (80 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. 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 trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dwarven companion (her 'brother'). She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family; 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

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 140 pp.

Description: She wears white trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'8" when asserting herself. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. The war was a terrible time for her, and Gynk does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Gynk was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Theren has worked very hard to control his curse. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.