Description: This western man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hobart grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 10000 cp. Zircon (60 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is an epitome of beauty. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. Her scarlet crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When Uadjit reached her early adolescence her Dragonborn mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He wears a fancy grey suit. He carries with him a set of longswords on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy white hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a Farmer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is golden and very short. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse, Insane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears tattered old clothes. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Alvyn is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in the south. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear flannel. Her red fur is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. After a long history of fighting, Silent and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1600 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (50 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.