Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a shortbow on her belt. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small white hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Portia has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Portia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete.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. His fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He takes great joy in being the best Stableman in town.

History: Alberich was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Guardian, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 170 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. His orange fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Edge embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Edge liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

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

Possessions: 1100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her white hair down. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is well kept. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Silver pearl (50 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He wears a black armored body suit, with a simple blue line shooting up and back down. He has a hunchback. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a guard and was forced into it by his family

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She keeps her beige fur in a pixie cut. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. A gifted student she started as a Roofer, but she got bored and became a Bricklayer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bricklayer responsibilities is difficult; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Religious, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2700 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a tan collared shirt and red pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. His beige fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His yellow eyes peer out from beneath his broad pastel hat.

Personality: He is a Locksmith first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Locksmith. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Locksmith, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 390 gp.