Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Abalaba was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: An older woman who is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. A friendly and beautiful Gnome, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. 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: To clean up the streets; and obtaining odd cultural tabaxi artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is typically in his Spice Merchant uniform. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Bernard was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Bernard has worked very hard to control his curse. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 180 pp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a tight white one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape and is in decent physical shape. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is a Scribe first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Vani hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying west to reunite her family. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and to be a layabout again

Flaws: Secretive, Racist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

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

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'2" when asserting himself. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Butcher who has hired him part-time. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Butcher but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He got into the Butcher business at a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He struck the Butcher job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to protect his home

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care and is in decent physical shape. Her tied-back hair is black. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Brewer profession.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and doesn't want to be a blacksmith and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. His beige fur is long and unkept. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Tabaxis.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Silent grew up listening to his father's many stories. Silent abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and black tie. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. He wears his silver crest down. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Fax is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In his 16th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Fax alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this southern woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her silver hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Tiaathque is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Amber (80 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Sard (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.