Description: He wears dull blue sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and quarterstaffs. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Naill was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Naill decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Addict, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This southern woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She keeps her gray fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are copper.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a fancy yellow suit. He wears his auburn hair down. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Suhnae is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Suhnae hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2000 sp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. 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. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and money/treasure

Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Aquamarine (1000 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He has gray eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Racist, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 80 pp. Golden pearl (50 gp). 1 Thunderstones. 4 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents enrolled her in a Cleric school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor, marred by sweets. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a slave trader again

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. Her green crest is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Daar was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears green trousers with black and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She keeps her long green crest kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She got into the Cook business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Slave Trader again; and expand her business

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 8000 gp. Violet garnet (700 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.